Diffuse bullous emphysema of the lung: conservative resection with a local application of a biological glue.
A middle-aged man suffered a recurrent right pneumothorax with a prolonged air leak due to diffuse bullous emphysema of the lung. On December 19, 2001, he underwent a successful conservative resection of the bullae with a local application of a gelatin-resorcin-formalin biological glue.
Olearchyk
Andrew S
AS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
D001768:Blister; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005780:Gelatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012086:Reoperation; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004338:Drug Combinations; D012118:Resorcinols; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; C027813:gelatin-resorcinol-formaldehyde tissue adhesive; D005557:Formaldehyde; D005780:Gelatin