Lee Doo Yun, Shin Yu Rim, Suh Jee Won, Haam Seok Jin, Chang Yoon Soo, Watanabe Yoichi
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jun;46(3):226-9. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.3.226. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
Prolonged air leakage is a major cause of morbidity in pneumothorax. When conservative management is not effective, surgery should be performed. However, surgery is not appropriate in patients with low pulmonary function. In these patients, occlusion of the airway with endobronchial blockers may be attempted under bronchoscopy. We treated two patients with prolonged air leakage using endobronchial Watanabe spigots under fibrobronchoscopy.
持续性漏气是气胸发病的主要原因。当保守治疗无效时,应进行手术。然而,对于肺功能低下的患者,手术并不适宜。在这些患者中,可尝试在支气管镜检查下使用支气管内封堵器封堵气道。我们在纤维支气管镜检查下使用渡边支气管内插管治疗了两名持续性漏气患者。