Abstract
Many approaches to bronchial embolization using a wide variety of materials have been developed. However, those used for conventional bronchial embolization were not necessarily sufficient in terms of reliability and durability. We employed a new bronchial embolization material using solid silicone(BEUS) in 9 patients, including 4 cases of intractable pneumothorax, 2 pyothorax with bronchial fistula, 1 post-operative bronchial fistula, 1 traumatic pneumothorax with consistent bronchial bleeding and 1 perinephric abscess with pyelobronchial fistula. Successful outcome was obtained in 7 of the 9 patients. The result was unsuccessful in the case of post-operative bronchial fistula, and one case of pyothorax. It is thought that BEUS has the possibility to provide more effective and longer bronchial embolization than other conventional methods.
