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Post-pneumonectomy oesophageal fistula.
The complication of oesophagopleural fistula is described in eight of 1,389 patients (0 5%) who underwent pneumonectomy for carcinoma of the bronchus. All the patients had a right pneumonectomy performed and seven of the eight patients developed a bronchopleural fistula before developing an oesophageal fistula. The complication appeared between two weeks and 22 months after pneumonectomy. All t...
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Andreetti et al. regarding the treatment of post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula (PPBPF) by self-expandable stent and we agree that this modality can be in the armamentarium of cardiothoracic surgeons [1]. PPBPF is one of the most serious and lethal complications in thoracic surgery. There are well-known predisposing factors related to this devastating postoperative complication such as ex...
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We report on a 42-year-old female who underwent right pneumonectomy for hemoptysis from an aspergilloma cavity. Several years postoperatively she complained of increasing shortness of breath, wheezing, and dyspnea upon exertion. Chest computed tomography showed a counterclockwise rotation of the mediastinum with obstruction of the left lower lobe bronchus. Minimally invasive repair was carried ...
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In 13 patients an open window thoracostomy (OWT) was performed for post pneumonectomy pleural empyema. The operation, and life with an OWT cavity, were tolerated well. Early closure of an OWT is not advisable because of a high chance of recurrence of the infection and, in lung cancer patients also the risk of tumour relapse within two years after tumour surgery.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Medicine Forum
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2325-2863
DOI: 10.29046/tmf.012.1.020