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- Title
External fistulous wound with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and massive bleeding following rupture of pulmonary suppuration.
- Authors
Miyata, Ryo; Sonobe, Makoto; Yamawaki, Satoko; Date, Hiroshi
- Abstract
We present a 54-year old man with a pulmonary infectious cavity continuing to a cutaneous fistula. Before he was admitted to our hospital, he had undergone open-window surgery for a left thoracic empyema due to the rupture of pulmonary suppuration of the left upper lobe. He had then undergone thoracoplasty with the plombage of the cavity using left pectoralis major muscle. However, this procedure had failed and the external fistulous wound remained infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and occasional massive bleeding from the cavity occurred. He underwent en bloc left upper lobectomy for the external fistulous wound. The pedicled left latissimus dorsi muscle flap was transposed to fill the dead space and reinforce the bronchial stump. He remained in good health and did not experience intrathoracic infection or haemoptysis.
- Publication
Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 6, p903
- ISSN
1569-9293
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icvts/ivs086