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Closure of a post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula with fibrin sealant (Tisseel).
  1. R T Onotera,
  2. H W Unruh
  1. Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

    Abstract

    A persistent post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula and empyema were successfully treated by draining and cleansing the empyema cavity and then occluding the fistula with fibrin sealant.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.43.12.1015

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