Management of the uncontrollable pulmonary air leak with cyanoacrylate glue
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1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Massive pulmonary air leak from a ruptured bleb in a patient with emphysema may be uncontrollable by the usual methods. A technique is illustrated where fibrin glue, cyanoacrylate glue, and a bovine pericardial patch are used in combination to seal the leak.