Bronchoscopic management of bronchopleural fistula
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Bronchoscopic gluing for post-lung-transplant bronchopleural fistula.
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The diagnosis and management of bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remain a major therapeutic challenge for clinicians. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis and localisation of BPF is sometimes difficult and may require multiple imaging and bronchoscopies. Successful management of a fistula is combined with treatment of the associated empyema cavity. The first step, th...
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#{176}Fromthe Division of Pulmonary Disease, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; and Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, DepartmentofMedicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting ...
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BACKGROUND The development of a bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. We have developed a minimally invasive method of bronchoscopic BPF closure using Amplatzer devices (AD) and Amplatzer vascular plugs (AVP), with excellent short-term results. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present report was to explore the long-term outcome of patients treated by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2548-0316
DOI: 10.26663/cts.2016.0009