A Case of Post-thoracoplasty Empyema with Intractable Bronchopleural Fistula Treated Successfully with Endobronchial Watanabe Spigot
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- Tarukawa Tomohito
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mie Central Medical Center
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- Adachi Katsutoshi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mie Central Medical Center
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- Nishii Yoichi
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mie Central Medical Center
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- Fujimoto Hajime
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mie Central Medical Center
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- Ibata Hidenori
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mie Central Medical Center
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- Oomoto Yasuhiro
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mie Central Medical Center
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- EWSを用いた気管支充填術が奏効した胸郭成形術後有瘻性膿胸の1例
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Description
Background. The surgical treatment of chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula is often difficult because of poor general condition, advanced age and so on. It has been reported that bronchial occlusion with an endobronchial Watanabe spigot (EWS) can be effective treatment. Case. An 87-year-old man underwent thoracoplasty for chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula at age 85. However, since empyema with bronchopleural fistula recurred, we performed bronchial embolization with EWS under general anesthesia. The air leakage stopped immediately and he was discharged. Conclusion. This report suggests that the bronchial embolization using EWS could be considered as an effective treatment option for empyema with intractable bronchopleural fistula.
Journal
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- The Journal of the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy
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The Journal of the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy 34 (6), 573-576, 2012
The Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204757183360
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- NII Article ID
- 110009562563
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- NII Book ID
- AN00357687
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- ISSN
- 21860149
- 02872137
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
