Innovative method for Amplatzer device implantation in patients with bronchopleural fistulas

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Patient characteristics and treatment data

Serial number	Operative site	Disease	Onset time of BPF	Location of BPF	Indwelling time of drainage tube
1	Lower right lobectomy	Adenocarcinoma	8 months after operation	Right lower bronchus	2 months
2	Lower right lobectomy	Squamous cell carcinoma	20 days after operation	Right lower bronchus	15 days
3	Left pneumonectomy	Squamous cell carcinoma	9 days after operation	Left main bronchus	2 months
4	Upper left lobectomy	Squamous cell carcinoma	40 days after operation	Upper left bronchus	20 days
5	Right pneumonectomy	Non-small-cell lung cancer	1–2 months after operation^a	Right main bronchus	23 years
6	Right middle lobe and right lower lobe lobectomy	Squamous cell carcinoma	1 month after operation	Right middle and lower bronchi	2 months

^aThe patient has been experiencing BPF for 23 years, hence it is difficult for him to remember the exact time

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