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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:552-554
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Postpneumonectomy Stump Fistula in a Ventilated Patient

Mark De Groot, MD, Walter Douie, MB, ChB

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Accepted for publication September 27, 1996.

The development of a postpneumonectomy stump fistula in a ventilated patient is a feared and frequently fatal event. Furthermore, the necessity of a pneumonectomy from sequelae of blunt trauma is rare. We describe the salvage of a young patient with a combination of the above events. The method involves the use of a simple intravenous bag "plombage" in combination with a regional thoracoplasty to buttress a resutured bronchial stump.




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