Case reportEndobronchial Closure of Total Bronchopleural Fistula With Occlutech Figulla ASD N Device
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Several methods of endoscopic treatment have been tried for the closure of BPFs with limited success and large BPFs have a high failure rate when treated endoscopically.
A recent article [7] described a technique for the endobronchial closure of BPF by the implantation of an atrial septal defects occluder. The Occlutech Figulla is an atrial septal ocluder with encouraging clinical experience in the heart [8].
Although we applied a similar technique as described by Kramer and colleagues [7], some
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