Closure of a Postoperative Bronchopleural Fistula with Bronchoscopic Instillation of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl(R)).

Cho, Jae Hwa; Lee, Hong Lyeol; Ryu, Jeong Sun; Chun, Jeong Bae; Lee, Don Haeng; Yoon, Yong Han; Kim, Kwang Ho

doi:1999.47.4.543

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 47(4); 1999 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1999;47(4):543-548.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1999.47.4.543 Published online October 1, 1999.

Closure of a Postoperative Bronchopleural Fistula with Bronchoscopic Instillation of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl(R)).

Jae Hwa Cho, Hong Lyeol Lee, Jeong Sun Ryu, Jeong Bae Chun, Don Haeng Lee, Yong Han Yoon, Kwang Ho Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea. pulmo@dragon.inha.ac.kr
²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea.

Abstract

Bronchopleural fistula(BPF) occurs as a postoperative complication in 2 to 5 percent of pulmonary resection. The detection of BPF is generally difficult and various diagnostic methods have been utilized to identify the site of the fistula in order to treat it adequately. Closure of these BPF can be surgical intervention or bronchoscopic application of various sealing agents. We report an experience with use of bronchoscopic instillation of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate(Histoacryl ) for closure of a postpneumonectomy BPF.

Key Words: Bronchopleural fistula, Bronchoscopy, cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl )