Treatment of intractable bronchopleural fistula with a one-side-closed silicone stent using retrograde approach: A case report

A male patient (age: 85 -years) with lung cancer underwent basal segmentectomy. Subsequently, he underwent emergency open window thoracotomy for a bronchial stump fistula. The general and nutritional conditions of the patient improved; nevertheless, natural closure of the fistula did not occur. Ther...

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Main Authors: Masaya Tamura, Naoki Furukawa, Marino Yamamoto, Ryohei Miyazaki, Hironobu Okada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007124001576
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