Acute Postpneumonectomy Empyema with Bronchopleural Fistula Treated with Vacuum-assisted Closure Device.
- Author:
Woo Sik HAN
1
;
Kwhanmien KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pneumonectomy;
Empyema;
Bronchial fistula;
Device
- MeSH:
Bronchial Fistula;
Empyema;
Fistula;
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy;
Pleural Cavity;
Pneumonectomy;
Sterilization
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012;45(4):260-262
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Postpneumonectomy empyema is a life-threatening complication, which is often related with a bronchopleural fistula. After surgical repair of fistula, sterilization of infected pleural cavity is important and usually carried out by long-term cyclic irrigation. We report a case in which vacuum-assisted closure device was successfully applied to sterilize the pleural cavity and obliterate bronchopleural fistula.
