Sternobronchial Fistula - Uncommon Complication After Coronary Surgery (A Case Report)

Manďák, Jiří; Lonský, Vladimír; Sedláček, Zdeněk

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.114

Acta Medica > Archive > 2000, Vol. 43 > Issue 1 > Sternobronchial Fistula - Uncommon…

Acta Med. 2000, 43: 29-31

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.114

Sternobronchial Fistula - Uncommon Complication After Coronary Surgery (A Case Report)

Jiří Manďák^a, Vladimír Lonský^a, Zdeněk Sedláček^b

^aUniversity Teaching Hospital in Hradec Králové, Department of Cardiosurgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^bUniversity Teaching Hospital in Hradec Králové, Department of Radiology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received February 1, 2000
Accepted March 1, 2000

The authors describe a case of a 46-year-old man with ischemic heart disease who underwent coronary surgery. After some time span an inflamed wound, several skin fistulae and the system of substernal fistulae appeared. One of these fistulae communicated with the left bronchial tree.