METHOD FOR TREATING THE MAIN BRONCHUS STUMP Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61B17/00 A61L31/14 

FIELD: medicine, thoracic surgery.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with treating the main bronchus stump during pneumonectomy and repeated operations on postoperational bronchial fistulas. One should apply an elastic hollow conductor under the bronchus, moreover, it is necessary to introduce one branch of pre-cooled clamp for soft tissues made of the fusion with a shape-memory effect. Then this conductor should be withdrawn out of operation wound, moreover, another branch should be applied onto opposite side of the bronchus. Then one should cover bronchial stump, tracheal bifurcation and adjacent tissues with granules out of porous titanium nickelide at particles size being ,1-1,0 mm at the quantity of 0.03-0.06 g/sq. cm. The innovation enables to decrease the number of postoperational complications, shorten the terms for healing bronchial stump and duration of operation due to proper applying the clamp for soft tissues.

EFFECT: higher reliability of sealing bronchial stump.

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