Bronchopleural Fistula Successfully Treated by Bronchial Embolization with Coil and Fibrin Glue : A Case Report

Abstract

Bronchopleural fistula is one of the major complications in chest surgery, and remains a serious disorder associated with high mortality for general management. Some clinicians report that fibrin grue embolization may become the treatment of choice. However fibrin glue spillage sometimes results in re-fistulation. We recentry experienced a case for the treatment of bronchopleural fistula due to pleural metastasis of breast cancer, which was treated with a combination of the coil occlusion method and fobrin glue embolization.