The “Bedi-IMA Buttress”: Reinforcement of the Bronchial Stump with a Pedicled Internal Mammary Artery Buttress in Diabetic Patients after Lung Resection
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52024#.VH5scGfHRK0 Author(s) Harinder Singh Bedi * , Kamal Negi Affiliation(s) Christian Medical College & Hopital, Ludhiana, India . ABSTRACT Objective: The development of a bronchopleural fistula is a devastating complication after lung resection. We describe a new method of buttressing the closure of the stump in diabetic patients using a pedicled internal mammary artery buttress flap to avoid a bronchopleural fistula. Methods: An internal mammary pedicled flap was used in 14 diabetic patients of lung resection to cover the bronchial stump. Results: The flap of viable vascularized muscle mass gave an excellent coverage o...