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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Modified silicone stent for the treatment of post-surgical bronchopleural fistula: a clinical observation of 17 cases

No Age (years) Primary disease Surgical method Empyema Site of fistula
1 52 Tuberculosis Left pneumonectomy Yes LMB
2 47 Adenocarcinomas Left pneumonectomy Yes LMB
3 64 Adenocarcinomas Right pneumonectomy Yes RMB
4 41 Squamous cell carcinomas Left pneumonectomy Yes LMB
5 72 Squamous cell carcinomas Left pneumonectomy Yes LSB
6 63 Squamous cell carcinomas Right inferior lobectomy No RIB
7 59 Adenocarcinomas Left inferior lobectomy No LIB
8 52 Tuberculosis Right superior lobectomy Yes RSB
9 60 Squamous cell carcinomas Right inferior lobectomy Yes RIB
10 47 Squamous cell carcinomas Right inferior lobectomy Yes RIB
11 54 Squamous cell carcinomas Right pneumonectomy Yes RMB
12 66 Squamous cell carcinomas Right pneumonectomy Yes RMB
13 56 Squamous cell carcinomas Right pneumonectomy Yes RMB
14 64 Adenocarcinomas Left inferior lobectomy Yes LIB
15 62 Adenocarcinomas Right inferior lobectomy Yes RIB
16 57 Squamous cell carcinomas Right superior lobectomy No RSB
17 65 Squamous cell carcinomas Right pneumonectomy Yes RMB
  1. RMB right main bronchus, LMB left main bronchus, LSB left superior lobar bronchus; RSB right superior lobar bronchus, RIB right inferior lobar bronchus, LIB left inferior lobar bronchus