title: [Treament using a free omental flap for pulmonary Aspergillosis with chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus( MRSA) empyema after fenestration].
abstract: A case is 48-year-old man who had a history of Blalock-Taussig shunt and the radical operation for Fallot's tetralogy, had been performed cavernostomy and fenestration operation for aspergilloma of left upper lobe in the previous hospital due to control blood spitting. Although the contents of the abscess cavity were removed, the opened cavity was again infected by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and he was referred to our hospital. The plombage of free omental flap with vascular anastomosis was performed. He has been well without any symptoms or recurrence of empyema for 6 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabuki
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D055732:Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome