Spontaneous Recovery of Completely Opened Bronchopleural Fistula with Conservative Therapy as the Most Appropriate Thoracic Drainage and Nutrition: Report of a Case
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- Kawakami Toru
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University
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- Onodera Ken
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital
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- Sato Nobuyuki
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital
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- Other Title
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- 気管支断端瘻完全離開症例に対し保存的治療が奏功した1例
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Abstract
<p>Background. Bronchopleural fistula after lung resection for lung cancer is a highly morbid complication. The treatment of this complication remains a challenge for thoracic surgeons, and few reports have shown spontaneous recovery of a completely opened bronchopleural fistula with conservative therapy. Case. A 66-year-old man underwent a right lower lobectomy for primary lung cancer, which was detected during an examination for another disease. On the 23rd post-operative day, a bronchoscopy and chest drain air leak revealed a bronchopleural fistula, which was completely opened on the 36th day after the operation. On the 65th post-operative day, however, the bronchopleural fistula had spontaneously recovered due to appropriate thoracic drainage with the chest drainage tube placed directly under the fistula, anti-biotics therapy, plus nutrition. After the recovery of the bronchopleural fistula, a high negative pressure using a drainage tube-similar to vacuum-assisted-closure therapy-was used to achieve closure of the empyema cavity on the 80th post-operative day. Conclusion. Conservative therapy may be an effective strategy for bronchopleural fistula, especially in asymptomatic patients.</p>
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 41 (1), 46-50, 2019-01-25
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390845713052349184
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- NII Article ID
- 130007592925
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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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- Disallowed