China News Service, May 28 (Reporter Chen Jing) Bronchopleural fistula is a very dangerous postoperative complication of the lungs. Once a serious infection occurs, it will be life-threatening and the mortality rate is high.
The reporter learned from the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine on the 28th that the hospital successfully treated patients with complex bronchopleural fistulas and repaired “bronchiopleural fistulas” with ingenuity. Doctors used superb surgical techniques to trim and suture the fistulas. Ended the patient's pain in life with "management".
Wang Mingsong, director of thoracic surgery in Shanghai Ninth Hospital, told reporters that the operation of bronchopleural fistula is difficult and risky, and it is undoubtedly a challenge for thoracic surgeons.
It is understood that in an accidental car accident in December last year, Mr. Huang suffered severe chest trauma and underwent emergency thoracotomy at the local hospital.
After the operation, Mr. Huang's condition was very dangerous for a time, with severe complications such as respiratory insufficiency and empyema.
He survived one difficulty after another and gradually got better.
However, because a fistula was formed at the end of the bronchus of the right upper lung, pus and gas continued to leak from the lungs into the chest cavity.
Although actively treated by the local hospital, the fistula could not be cured. Mr. Huang could only be discharged from the hospital with a chest drainage tube.
After more than 4 months of life with a "tube", Mr. Huang's lateral upper limbs were restricted and unable to raise his right hand, which caused various inconveniences in life.
He and his family sought medical treatment. Due to the difficulty and risk of the operation, no hospital was willing to take over the treatment, which made Mr. Huang even more desperate and helpless.
Knowing that the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital is good at treating various intractable chest diseases, Mr. Huang came to ask for help.
Deputy Chief Physician Ji Guangyu admitted him to the hospital immediately after understanding the condition in detail.
The preoperative examination showed that the bronchial fistula in the apical segment of the right upper lung of Mr. Huang was very huge.
The Department of Thoracic Surgery immediately organized multidisciplinary consultations such as the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Department of Anesthesiology. Experts discussed and agreed that surgery was the best treatment.
With the active cooperation of the Department of Anesthesiology, Director Wang Mingsong of Thoracic Surgery Department and Deputy Chief Physician Ji Guangyu jointly performed empyema removal, right upper lung resection and bronchial fistula repair for Mr. Huang.
It is reported that the doctor carefully removed the chest abscess during the operation, completely separated and excised the remaining part of the right upper lung, and repaired and sutured the fistula.
The operation was very successful, the patient had very little bleeding and no more air leaks in the chest cavity.
After anti-infection, nutritional support and other treatments and meticulous care, the patient recovered well.
The intractable disease that has plagued the patient for more than 4 months is completely cured.
At present, Mr. Huang has been discharged from hospital smoothly.
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