How to treat pulmonary blebs and bullae

Health Description
Health Consultation Description: usually no obvious symptoms, breathing difficulties sometimes

Want to help: What's the cause of the disease, and tell me the treatment.


Expert Reply

Condition analysis:
Hello, A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together to form a larger cyst, they are called bulla. Unless a pneumothorax occurs, or the bulla becomes very large, there are usually no symptoms. Patients with blebs will typically have emphysema.

Before the surgery, patients are intubated. Patients with emphysema typically have a bronchoscopy procedure before the endotracheal tube is placed. Patients who have underlying emphysema have an epidural catheter placed before surgery and sometimes during the procedure.

Instructions:
The operation for bleb resection can be done via mini-thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. The procedure is performed with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows intentional collapse of the lung which is operated on.

The procedure is performed through a series of small incisions.

The camera incision is created first, and the thoracoscope (camera) is inserted for inspection of the chest. The bleb is dissected, stapled, and the lung tissue is removed from the chest in a specimen bag, allowing more room for the remaining healthy lung to expand.



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