A New Technique for Muscle Flap Closure of the Empyema Space in Complicated Chronic Bronchopleural Fistula: Wedging the Causative Bronchus with a Plug

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 466-471

  Watanabe, Naoki ^a,b   Kanagawa, Taiichirou ^a   Maeta, Koji ^a   Ohishi, Masahiro ^a   Kodera, Masahito ^a   Yamashita, Yutaka ^a  

^a Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchopleural fistula; Muscle flap closure; Open window thoracostomy; Plug

Indexed keywords

SILICON; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBOLISM; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OMENTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FISTULA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EMPYEMA;

BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PLEURAL DISEASES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0036835908     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02919637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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