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Therapeutic use of autologous blood patch pleurodesis for continuous pneumothorax in a feline pyothorax
Author(s) -
Lombardo Deanna,
Weatherton Linda K.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1002/vrc2.23
Subject(s) - medicine , pleurodesis , thoracostomy , pneumothorax , surgery , suction , autologous blood , chest tube , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
A continuous pneumothorax developed in a feline patient following placement of a thoracostomy tube in order to facilitate medical management of a pyothorax. Possible causes of the continuous pneumothorax include iatrogenic complications during tube placement, rupture of a possible pulmonary abscess, underlying neoplasia or concurrent inflammatory airway disease. The patient was placed on continuous suction with no improvement. Surgical exploration was declined. An autologous blood patch pleurodesis was performed which led to resolution of the continuous pneumothorax within four hours of therapy.