Video-assisted direct closure of bronchial fistula.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a well-established method for managing persistent air leak in spontaneous pneumothorax. We describe a case of complicated spontaneous secondary pneumothorax in a patient with bullous emphysema that was treated by video-assisted manual suture of the bronchial fistula at the end of the right upper bronchus.
Clinic Institute of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. jgimferr@medicina.ub.es
Josep M
JM
Gimferrer
Mireia
M
Serra
Manuela
M
Iglesias
Matilde
M
Rubio
Jose
J
Belda
D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery