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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 231-235, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Closure of chronic postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula using the transsternal transpericardial approach

RJ Ginsberg, FG Pearson, JD Cooper, E Spratt, J Deslauriers, M Goldberg, RD Henderson and D Jones
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Thirteen patients with postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula occurring 4 months to 10 years after the initial operation have been treated with a transsternal transpericardial approach after the associated empyema had been treated by either tube thoracostomy or open- window thoracostomy. In 10 patients, there were contraindications to using an ipsilateral transthoracic approach. In 10 of the 13 patients, the procedure was successful. Three fistulas recurred; two were quite small, one of them closing spontaneously within 6 months. There were no deaths or clinically significant morbidity related to the transsternal approach. We have found this technique to be most applicable in those patients in whom other procedures have failed to resolve the problem. The technique is relatively simple and safe.

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