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[Bronchopleural Fistula;Intraoperative Prevention and Postoperative Treatment].
Postoperative bronchopleural fistula( BPF) is a life-threatening complication requiring immediate and proper treatments. Now days, the main method for closure of the bronchial stump after lung resection is mechanical stapling because of prevailing of commonly performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The frequencies of BPF seem to be decreased compared with the age of manual sutures under open thoracotomy, probably due to improvement of the stapling instruments. However, if once BPF occurs, the severity of the disease does not differ between these 2 closing methods. Thoracic surgeons should well understand the etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the postoperative BPF.
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