%0 Journal Article %T Endoscopic and surgical treatment for bronchopleural fistula after major lung resection: an enduring challenge %A Cusumano, Giacomo %A Alifano, Marco %A Lococo, Filippo %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2019 %B 2019 %9 %! Endoscopic and surgical treatment for bronchopleural fistula after major lung resection: an enduring challenge %K %X Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a serious and potentially fatal complication of lung resection surgery (1). It’s incidence ranges from 4.5% to 20% after pneumonectomy and is estimated at 0.5% after lobectomy; such complication has a remarkable impact on mortality in post-op setting with a mortality rate of 27% in the more recent series and up to 70% in the previous ones (2-4). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/28151 %P S1351-S1356 %@ 2077-6624