Bronchopleural Fistula: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of the Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in the ESSG-01 Study

This multi-institutional study of 81 patients with postoperative bronchopleural fistula (BPF) found a noncure rate of 46.9 percent and a mortality rate of 58 percent, with nearly half of the deaths directly related to BPF. Surgical intervention was performed in 85 percent of cases, with open-window thoracostomy being the most common procedure. Endoscopic treatments alone cured 21 percent of those attempted. Multivariate analysis identified low albumin (