Open Access Research Article

Using Polypropylene for Bronchial Stump Closure After Pulmonary Resections

BOGDAN ANDREI SUCIU, IOANA HALMACIU, VASILE BUD, CONSTANTIN COPOTOIU, DECEBAL ROMULUS PETRU FODOR, CRISTIAN TRAMBITAS, VLAD VUNVULEA, CALIN MOLNAR, KLARA BRINZANIUC
Published 30 Sep 2017
Pages 520–522

Abstract

The bronchial stump fistula shown by patients undergoing adjusted pulmonary resections is an extremely severe condition affecting the prognosis of this patients. Within our study, we have used an innovative technique of closing the bronchial stump for 38 patients undergoing adjusted pulmonary resections. The suture of the bronchial stump was made through an innovative method, by practicing the suture with isolated 2.0 Prolene wires armed with patches of Polypropylene. The incidence of the bronchial stump fistula for the observed lot was of 5.26% (2 cases), smaller than the one reported in the specialty literature. In this respect, we consider that the use of Polypropylene in the techniques of closing the bronchial blunt can be beneficial.

Keywords: polypropylene; bronchial stump fistula

How to Cite this Article

SUCIU, B., HALMACIU, I., BUD, V., COPOTOIU, C., FODOR, D., TRAMBITAS, C., VUNVULEA, V., MOLNAR, C., & BRINZANIUC, K. (2017). Using Polypropylene for Bronchial Stump Closure After Pulmonary Resections. Materiale Plastice, 54(3), 520–522. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.17.3.4885
SUCIU B, HALMACIU I, BUD V, COPOTOIU C, FODOR D, TRAMBITAS C, VUNVULEA V, MOLNAR C, BRINZANIUC K. Using Polypropylene for Bronchial Stump Closure After Pulmonary Resections. Materiale Plastice. 2017;54(3):520–522. doi: 10.37358/MP.17.3.4885
B. SUCIU, I. HALMACIU, V. BUD, C. COPOTOIU, D. FODOR, C. TRAMBITAS, V. VUNVULEA, C. MOLNAR, and K. BRINZANIUC, "Using Polypropylene for Bronchial Stump Closure After Pulmonary Resections,” Materiale Plastice, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 520–522, 2017. doi: 10.37358/MP.17.3.4885
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