Meanings of bronchopleural fistula in English

In three cases a concomitant bronchopleural fistula was successfully closed before videothoracoscopy.

Background: Fenestration is performed in patients with bronchopleural fistula to avoid a life-threatening situation.

Background: Various therapeutic approaches to bronchopleural fistula have been reported.

Close follow-up during the first 3 postoperative months should detect bronchopleural fistula before aspiration occurs.

One patient had a postoperative bronchopleural fistula.

Conclusions: The incidence of aspiration pneumonia declines sharply if bronchopleural fistula occurs more than 3 months after operation.

He developed a bronchopleural fistula on postoperative day 20, and we performed emergency fenestration without rib resection using a Lap-protector.

Conclusion: The use of the pedicled intercostal muscular flap is an efficient method for the closure of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy.

On the other hand, after the resection of single lobe, the rate of the occurrence of a bronchopleural fistula was lower.

Conclusion: Compared with conventional method, fenestration without rib resection using a Lap-protector is a more convenient and painless technique for postoperative bronchopleural fistula.

Objective: Simple irrigation has proven to be an efficient method to treat postpneumonectomy empyema provided that bronchopleural fistula is not present or successfully closed.

Conclusions: Bronchoscopic treatment of bronchopleural fistula appears an efficient alternative, especially when surgical intervention cannot be done because of the physical condition of the patient.

Methods: The cases of 96 patients with bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy seen over a 13-year period (1982 to 1995) were retrospectively analyzed.

Background: The value of bronchoscopic sealing of bronchopleural fistulas was studied retrospectively.