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Transparasternal transpericardial operation in the treatment of chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula |
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| Authors: | Keisuke Morimoto Iwao Taniguchi Yoshinobu Nakamura Tomoyuki Maeda Munehiro Saiki Takeshi Yamaga |
| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Surgery, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital, 730 Ezu, Tottori 680-0901, Japan. |
| Abstract: | A 78-year-old man with a lung destroyed by chronic empyema underwent pleuropneumonectomy, 4 months after open-window thoracostomy, via a transparasternal transpericardial approach. This approach is safe and effective in great vessel and bronchus dissection and applicable to cases of persistent chronic empyema such as our. |
| Keywords: | transparasternal transpericardial operation chronic empyema bronchopleural fistula pleuropneumonectomy |
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