Surgical treatment of postpneumonectomy empyema associated with bronchopleural fistula; A report of Three cases

기관지늑막루를 동반한 농흉의 외과적 치료-3 치험례-

Persistent bronchopleural fistula still presents a troublesome therapeutic challenge and demands an aggressive approach when conventional measures fail. Empyema associated bronchopleural fistula developed after resectional surgery and their primary diseases were lung abscess in one case, bronchiectasis in two cases. Three cases of postpneumonectomy empyema associated bronchopleural fistula were treated surgically with a pedicled intercostal muscle grafting and concomittent thoracoplasty. After the procedure, patients had no recurrent symptoms or signs of bronchopleural fistula and discharged from hospital with improved condition.