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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of patients with postoperative bronchopleural fistula treated by ventricular septal defect occluder

From: Endobronchial closure of the bronchopleural fistula with the ventricular septal defect occluder: a case series

Patient no.

Age/sex

BMI (kg/m2)

Underlying diseases

Chronic empyema

BPF location

BPF size (mm)

Operation time (min)

Long-term outcomes

1

29/M

17.8

TB

Yes

RUL

6

48

Incomplete closure

2

65/M

16.2

NSCLC

No

LMB

4

45

Complete closure

3

55/M

20.5

TB

Yes

RUL

8

40

Complete closure

4

62/M

19.8

NSCLC

Yes

RMB

8

35

Complete closure

5

36/M

15.0

TB

Yes

RUL

6

40

Failure

6

70/M

17.7

NSCLC

No

LUL

4

30

Complete closure

7

57/F

25.3

CF

Yes

LLL

5

55

Complete closure

8

60/M

17.7

NSCLC

Yes

RUL

2

56

Failure

9

52/M

21.9

NSCLC

Yes

RUL

8

33

Complete closure

10

56/F

22.7

NSCLC

Yes

LMB

6

29

Complete closure

  1. BPF Bronchopleural fistula, M male, F female, TB tuberculosis, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, CF cystic fibrosis, RUL right upper lobe, LMB left main bronchus, RMB right main bronchus, LUL left upper lobe, LLL left lower lobe