Intrabullous Adhesion Pexia (IBAP) by Percutaneous Pulmonary Bulla Centesis: An Alternative for the Surgical Treatment of Giant Pulmonary Bulla (GPB)

<div>The patient 30 (case 32), a 59-year-old man, was complicated by pneumoconiosis, cor pulmonale, uarthritis, hypertension, and respiratory failure, had the GPB in the right lung (thick arrow) (a). The target GPB shrank to stable cavity in 30 days after the IBAP in March, 2013 (thick arrow) (b) until the second follow-up CT scan in April 2014 (thick arrow) (c). The right GPB closed completely observed at the third follow-up CT scan 3 years after IBAP in March 2016 (thick arrow) (d).</div>

Canadian Respiratory Journal

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Figure 4: Intrabullous Adhesion Pexia (IBAP) by Percutaneous Pulmonary Bulla Centesis: An Alternative for the Surgical Treatment of Giant Pulmonary Bulla (GPB) 

Figure 4 | Intrabullous Adhesion Pexia (IBAP) by Percutaneous Pulmonary Bulla Centesis: An Alternative for the Surgical Treatment of Giant Pulmonary Bulla (GPB) 