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H Saito¹, T Tatsuzawa, H Kikkawa

¹Department of Surgery, Koseiren Takaoka Hospital, Takaoka, Japan.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

|February 1, 1989

Abstract:

We report a case of successful closure of a postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula by means of the transpericardial approach with omentopexy through a median sternotomy incision. This method minimizes problems of infection, healing, and pulmonary function.

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