Open, Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) Therapy of Empyema Thoracis with Bronchial Fistula after Thoraco- Myoplasty, Following Irradiation and Pneumonectomy

Gábor Balogh Sen, Gábor Balogh JN, István Garbera and Zsolt Székely Pápai

Surgical Department, Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital, Hungary
Department of Radiology, Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital, Hungary
Department of Pulmonology, Szent György Hospital, Hungary

^*Correspondance to: Gábor Balogh Sen 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.3223

Abstract

Pulmonary fibrosis with threatening pulmonary gangrene occurred as a complication of chemoradiation treatment of a patient undergoing right upper lung lobe resection for lung cancer. We were forced to perform right side pneumonectomy, after which late bronchial stump opening and empyema developed. With a demonstration of our case, we intend to show how oncological treatment with severe iatrogenic damage caused a chain of complications and what were the therapeutic tools that led to the recovery of the patient after 3 years.

Keywords

Postpneumonectomic bronchial fistula; Thoracomyoplasty; Vacuum assisted closure

Cite the article

Sen GB, Gábor Balogh JN, Garbera I, Pápai ZS. Open, Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) Therapy of Empyema Thoracis with Bronchial Fistula after Thoraco-Myoplasty, Following Irradiation and Pneumonectomy. Clin Surg. 2021; 6: 3223..