1. Bronchial Stump Coverage With a Pedicled Pericardial Flap: An Effective Method for Prevention of Postpneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula 
Shahrokh Taghavi, MD, Gabriel M. Marta, MD, Georg Lang, MD, Gernot Seebacher, MD, Gunther Winkler, MD, Katharina Schmid, MD, Walter Klepetko, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages (January 2005)
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2. Fig 1
(A) A pedicled pericardial flap is attached, caplike, to a left bronchial stump with single mattress stitches of 4-0 polydioxanon. (PP = pericardiophrenic patch; BS = bronchial stump; Es = esophagus.) (B) Schematic illustration of left mediastinum with pericardiophrenic patch to cover left bronchial stump.
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3. Fig 2
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of 93 patients who underwent pneumonectomy and had bronchial stump coverage with a pericardial flap, between July 1988 and March Numbers in parentheses represent patients at risk.
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4. Fig 3
Bronchoscopic view of a dehiscent bronchial stump, covered by pericardial patch. The patch remains intact and prevents communication of the bronchial system with the left thoracic cavity.
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