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Transsternal transpericardial closure of a postlobectomy bronchopleural fistula
Yael Refaely1, Michael Paley, David A Simansky
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 16, 2002
Abstract:
We report a case of chronic empyema and bronchopleural fistula after lobectomy for tuberculosis. The patient had undergone four different surgical procedures to correct his bronchopleural fistula during an interval of seven years. Finally, he had a successful closure of the fistula using the transsternal transpericardial approach.