The incidence, etiology, and prevention of postresectional bronchopleural fistula

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
R J Cerfolio

Abstract

Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a life-threatening complication after pulmonary resection. The incidence varies from 4.5% to 20% after pneumonectomy and is only 0.5% after lobectomy. Certain patient characteristics increase this incidence. These include preoperative radiation to the chest, destroyed or infected lung from inflammatory disease, immunocompromised host, and insulin-dependent diabetes. Certain surgical techniques also increase the incidence. These include pneumonectomy, right-sided pneumonectomy, a long bronchial stump, residual cancer at the bronchial margin, devascularization of the bronchial stump, prolonged ventilation, or reintubation after resection and surgical inexperience. The best treatment of a BPF is prevention. Prevention centers around meticulous surgical technique and the liberal use of prophylactic, pedicled muscle flaps for the patient at increased risk. Survival of BPF depends on a high index of suspicion, early diagnosis, and aggressive surgical intervention.

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