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. 2020 Aug 15:4:345-348.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.08.016. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Bronchoscopic treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

Vanessa Menezes  1   2 , Stephan Soder  1   2 , Sulaiman Kadadah  1   2 , Jean-Bernard Masson  3 , Edwin Lafontaine  1 , Moishe Liberman  1   2
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Bronchoscopic treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

Vanessa Menezes et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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An Amplatzer Vascular Plug occluding a partial bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy.
Figure 1
Figure 1
A, Primary endoscopic evaluation by bronchoscopy showing a small medial bronchopleural fistula in the postpneumonectomy stump. B, Preinterventional computed tomography showing an air column after stump staple line that suggested a left bronchopleural fistula. C, Bronchoscopy combined with fluoroscopy to identify the proper passage of the guidewire through fistula into the pleural space (with a pleural catheter inside). D, Fluoroscopy image showing an Amplatzer Plug II device appropriately positioned through bronchial stump.
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Video 1
Interventional bronchoscopy combined with fluoroscopy for placement of an Amplatzer Plug device for endoscopic treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy. Video available at: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S2666-2507(20)30391-6/fulltext.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A, Bronchoscopic view of an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II positioned through a medial bronchopleural fistula postpneumonectomy. B, Immediate post-Amplatzer device placement chest radiographic control demonstrating no complications related to the procedure (left pleural catheter was placed before the bronchoscopy). C, Bronchoscopy done after 6 months of the procedure showing no displacement of the Amplatzer device in the bronchial stump. D, Chest radiographic control after 6 months of the intervention demonstrating left hemithorax completely filled with fluid.
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