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Bronchovenous fistula on cardiopulmonary bypass during an emergency open thoracic aneurysm repair—A case report

open access: yesAnnals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, 2022
Objective: We report a case of systemic arterial air embolism (SAAE), complicating the open repair of a ruptured descending thoracic aneurysm and aorto-bronchial fistula, while on cardiopulmonary bypass.
D Harnanan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgically intractable bronchopleural fistula treated with endobronchial valve insertion by isolating the tract with indigo carmine: A case report

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a communication between the pleural space and the bronchial tree. Herein, we report a patient with persistent air leak after necrotizing pneumonia, where tract of BPF was not apparent in computed tomography (CT).
Sungmin Zo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of broncholithiasis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Broncholithiasis is a condition in which calcified material has entered the tracheobronchial tree, at times causing airway obstruction and inflammation.
Heitkamp, Darel E.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Lung lobe torsion in adult and juvenile pugs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This cases series of 13 pugs with lung lobe torsion (LLT) is the largest case series of pugs in the literature and the first to compare dogs presenting before and after 12 months of age.
Adamantos, S   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Preventive Esophagomyobronchoplasty as a Reliable Prophylaxis of Bronchial Stump Failure and Bronchopleural Fistula after Pneumonectomy in Lung Cancer

open access: yesКреативная хирургия и онкология, 2023
Introduction. At present, bronchial stump failure after pneumonectomy ranges from 1% to 20%, and mortality — from 20 to 75%. In past decades, various methods of preventive bronchoplasty have been introduced and improved in order to reduce the incidence ...
R. A. Sulimanov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrograde Instillation of Methylene Blue in the Difficult Diagnosis of BPF

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2012
We report two cases in which we were able to diagnose bronchopleural fistula through retrograde methylene blue instillation during bronchoscopy. In the first case, methylene blue was injected through an abdominal drain, followed by air instillation and ...
F. Ravenna   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Esophageal stents in children: Bridge to surgical repair

open access: yesIndian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2018
Management of complex esophageal problems in children is challenging. We report our experience with the use of esophageal stents in three children with esophageal strictures, leaks, or airway-esophageal fistulae refractory to conventional treatment.
Bethany J Slater   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migration of surgical clips through a right lobectomy stump mimicking an asthmatic syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The mechanical stapler is routinely used in thoracic surgery practice to attend resection of bronchus and vessels. Herein, we reported a very rare complication as the migration of a titanium surgical clip through a right lobectomy stump. One year after
Amato B   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Bilioptysis – Two Case Reports of Broncho Biliary Fistula

open access: yesJournal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2017
Bronchobiliary fistula (BBF) is a tract between the biliary system and bronchial tree with the presence of bile in the bronchus and the sputum. They are rare but serious complications.
Pugazhendhi Thangavelu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention of Postpneumonectomy Pleural Empyema [PDF]

open access: yesFolia Medica, 2019
Background: Pleural empyema after pneumonectomy still poses a serious postoperative complication. A broncho-pleural fistula is often detected. Despite various therapeutic options developed over the last five decades it remains a major surgical challenge ...
Danail B. Petrov   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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