Bronchiolar-pleural fistulas are a frequent complication of thoracic surgery. Current treatment strategies and their invasiveness are quiet different, but often surgeons decide for a new surgical intervention and definitive closure of the breach. We report the case of a bronchiolar- pleural fistula in a 75 years old man with important co-morbidities that we treated with instillation of platelet-leukocyte rich gel (PLR-G). We disuss actual indications for PLR-G as well as its possible role in thoracic surgery.
First case of bronchiolar-pleural fistula repair with platelet-leukocyte rich gel / Batori, Mariano; Cozza, Valerio; Mariotta, Giovanni; Chatelou, Eleni; Tomassi, Raoul; G., Ferrazza; Tosato, Filippo; Vietri, Francesco. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1128-3602. - STAMPA. - 16:(2012), pp. 35-37.
First case of bronchiolar-pleural fistula repair with platelet-leukocyte rich gel
BATORI, Mariano;COZZA, VALERIO;MARIOTTA, Giovanni;CHATELOU, ELENI;TOMASSI, RAOUL;TOSATO, Filippo;VIETRI, Francesco
2012
Abstract
Bronchiolar-pleural fistulas are a frequent complication of thoracic surgery. Current treatment strategies and their invasiveness are quiet different, but often surgeons decide for a new surgical intervention and definitive closure of the breach. We report the case of a bronchiolar- pleural fistula in a 75 years old man with important co-morbidities that we treated with instillation of platelet-leukocyte rich gel (PLR-G). We disuss actual indications for PLR-G as well as its possible role in thoracic surgery.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
