[Endoscopic treatment of bronchial stump insufficiency with fibrin adhesive in animal experiments]

Z Exp Chir Transplant Kunstliche Organe. 1986;19(5):305-8.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The bronchial stump insufficiency after lung resection specially after pneumonectomy is known as a dangerous complication. The occlusion of an experimentally produced bronchial stump fistula after pneumonectomy on the left succeeded in all cases (n = 7) by means of a fibrin adhesive. The adhesive was applied in the endoscopic way by a plastic catheter. This method appeared to us as the treatment of choice for the so-called early fistulas. This method was applied successfully in one clinical case.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adhesives
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fibrin / therapeutic use*
  • Fistula / therapy
  • Lung / physiopathology
  • Lung / surgery*
  • Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Adhesives
  • Fibrin