A case of chronic empyema with pulmonary fistula after right upper lobectomy effectively treated via plombage of a pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap

A thin 78-year-old man (height 169 cm, weight 51 kg) was found to have an abnormal shadow in the chest in November 2016. Lung cancer was suspected, and he underwent right upper lobectomy at Hospital A in February 2017. The pathological diagnosis was lung abscess. In May 2017, he produced a large amount of purulent sputum and examination showed decreased niveau in the dead space after the right upper lobectomy. Bronchoscopy showed no bronchial...