title: First case of bronchiolar-pleural fistula repair with platelet-leukocyte rich gel.
abstract: Bronchiolar-pleural fistulas are a frequent complication of thoracic surgery. Current treatment strategies and their invasiveness are quiet different, but often surgeons decide for a new surgical intervention and definitive closure of the breach. We report the case of a bronchiolar-pleural fistula in a 75 years old man with important co-morbidities that we treated with instillation of platelet-leukocyte rich gel (PLR-G). We discuss actual indications for PLR-G as well as its possible role in thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. mariano.batori@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batori
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cozza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mariotta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chatelou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pipino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrazza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tosato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vietri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D055745:Bronchioles; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D017708:Leukocyte Transfusion; D008297:Male; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels