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Catheter-based Endovascular Angioplasty for Fibrosing Mediastinitis-associated Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Published on: August 26, 2025
[The effectiveness of the valve bronchial occlusion in case of bronchopleural fistulas]
Abstract:
The experience of endobronchial valve «Medlung" installation in 24 patients with bronchopleural fistula was summarized in the article. In 18 (75%) patients the cause of bronchopleural fistula was purulent - destructive processes in the lungs, including the associated trauma in 4 (22.2%) patients, pneumonia in 14 (77.8%) patients. In 3 (12.5%) cases the cause of the bronchopleural fistula was the lung tumors of different localization and in 3 (12.5%) cases - idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Reasonable use of endobronchial valve in patients with bronchopleural fistula provides a persistent separation of the fistula and lets to avoid extensive, traumatic operations.
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