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Transparasternal transpericardial operation in the treatment of chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula
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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