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Treatment of a transdiaphragmatic fistula with an endobronchial‐blocking catheter
Author(s) -
Glümer Jensen M.,
Knudsen L.,
Schønemann N. K.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00499.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , catheter , blocking (statistics) , surgery , intubation , peritonitis , anesthesia , leak , statistics , mathematics , environmental engineering , engineering
We report a case of a bronchosubphrenic fistula in a 59‐year‐old female following hemicolectomy complicated by fecal peritonitis. The patient needed intubation and positive‐pressure ventilation, which caused a massive air leak. The fistula was treated using an endobronchial blocking catheter in combination with antibiotic treatment and drainage.