... design and double-lumen. Methods: The experimental setup involved utilizing trachea and both lung specimens from pigs under positive pressure ventilation. To simulate pneumothorax, artificial fistulas were created on the lung surfaces. The super-thin catheter, guided through a bronchoscope near...

...Yiming Zeng; Hong-Zhi Gao; Xiao-Bin Zhang; Hui-Huang Lin Closure of bronchopleural fistula remains a difficult challenge for clinicians. Although several therapeutic approaches have been proposed, the clinical results are commonly unsatisfactory. Previous reports have indicated that autologous...

... obstruction (n = 2) and broncho-oesophageal fistula (n = 1). SEMSs were inserted into the trachea (n = 19), the main bronchi (n = 21) and the peripheral bronchi (n = 31). Besides 1 procedural dislocation, the deployment was successful in all patients with an immediate significant improvement of symptoms...

... with autologous blood and review the literature on this specific method of treatment. Methods: Retrospective study of patients with persistent aerial pleuropulmonary fistula treated with autologous blood. The patient’s own blood was collected from a peripheral vein and directly introduced through the pleural...

...Pascal Ananian; Christophe Doddoli; Fabrice Barlési; Emilie Grégoire; Adrian Aragon; Roger Giudicelli; Pascal Thomas A venobronchial fistula developed between the azygous vein and the upper aspect of the right main bronchus 12 months after completion of the treatment of a stage IIIB non-small-cell...

...C. Sabadell; J. Ruiz-Manzano; J. Muchart; J. Pereandreu; M. Batlle; J. Morera Systemic to pulmonary fistula is an unusual entity and its association with hematological diseases like Hodgkin’s is extremely rare. We present a case of a 26-year-old woman with a thoracic mass and large arteriovenous...