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dc.contributor.authorde Weerd, Louis
dc.contributor.authorEndresen, Petter Cappelen
dc.contributor.authorNuman, Anmar
dc.contributor.authorWeum, Sven
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-29T10:27:56Z
dc.date.available2020-01-29T10:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractA bronchopleural fistula (BF) is a life-threatening complication. Optimal management of a BF is still debated although surgery remains the preferred treatment. Usually, the fistula is a result of inadequate healing at the bronchial stump after pneumonectomy. Successful closure of a BF after pneumonectomy depends on evacuation of empyema, coverage of the suture line after fistula closure with vascularized tissue, and obliteration of the residual pleural cavity. Extrathoracic muscles and omentum are the first choice for intrathoracal transposition. We report a unique case of a cachectic female patient with a BF from the left main stem bronchus complicated with empyema following right-sided pneumonectomy. Previous surgeries excluded the use of extrathoracic muscles or only omentum. The BF could not be closed with sutures. Using a parachute technique, omentum was sutured into the fistula opening resulting in a tension-free fistula closure. A well-vascularized breast was transposed into the residual pleural cavity to obliterate dead space and to support the omentoplasty, so it would be able to withstand changes in intrathoracic pressure. The postoperative course was uneventful. Tension-free closure of a BF can be obtained by suturing well-vascularized tissue into the fistula opening using a parachute technique. Intrathoracic breast transposition could be a new option in the treatment of a BF and associated empyema in a female patient. In selected patients, a large breast can obliterate the dead space after pneumonectomy and support the omentoplasty.en_US
dc.identifier.citationde Weerd L, Endresen PC, Numan A, Weum S. Intrathoracic Breast Transposition: A New Method in the Treatment of Bronchopleural Fistula and Empyema. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open. 2019;7(12):e2531
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1782780
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/GOX.0000000000002531
dc.identifier.issn2169-7574
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17260
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeonsen_US
dc.relation.journalPlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700en_US
dc.titleIntrathoracic Breast Transposition: A New Method in the Treatment of Bronchopleural Fistula and Empyemaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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