Surgical treatment for severely damaged lung and pyothorax with bronchopleural fistula 9 years after induction chemoradiotherapy and bilobectomy
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Surgical treatment for severely damaged lung and pyothorax with bronchopleural fistula 9 years after induction chemoradiotherapy and bilobectomy.
Here, we present a 54-year old man 9 years after induction chemoradiotherapy and subsequent lower bilobectomy for Stage IIIA lung cancer suffering late complications of pyothorax and bronchopleural fistula in a severely damaged lung. Open-window thoracostomy and subsequent completion pneumonectomy via median sternotomy and anterior thoracotomy were performed. Although sternal wound infection re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1569-9285,1569-9293
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt148