Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2012; 16 (4 Suppl): 35-37

First case of bronchiolar-pleural fistula repair with platelet-leukocyte rich gel

V. Cozza, G. Mariotta, E. Chatelou, R. Pipino, S. Marano, G. Ferrazza, F. Tosato, M. Batori

Department of Surgery Francesco Durante, and Department of Haematology, Immunohaematology Service, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. mariano.batori@uniroma1.it

Bronchiolar-pleural fistulas are a frequent complication of thoracic surgery. Current treatment strategies and their invasiveness are quiet different, but often surgeons decide for a new surgical intervention and definitive closure of the breach.

We report the case of a bronchiolar-pleural fistula in a 75 years old man with important co-morbidities that we treated with instillation of platelet-leukocyte rich gel (PLR-G). We disuss actual indications for PLR-G as well as its possible role in thoracic surgery.

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V. Cozza, G. Mariotta, E. Chatelou, R. Pipino, S. Marano, G. Ferrazza, F. Tosato, M. Batori
First case of bronchiolar-pleural fistula repair with platelet-leukocyte rich gel

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Year: 2012
Vol. 16 - N. 4 Suppl
Pages: 35-37

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