Successful management of a large bronchopleural fistula after lobectomy: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1661-1664

  Tanaka, Shigebumi ^a   Yajima, Toshiki ^a   Mogi, Akira ^a   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Lobectomy; Muscle plombage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLOMBAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RIBS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84855172139     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-4498-y     Document Type: Article

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