Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
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A case of successful closure of pulmonary fistulae by omental pedicle flap is reported. A 58-year-old female with chronic empyema as a sequela of pulmonary tuberculosis was referred with complaints of fever and purulent sputa. ⋯ Omental pedicle was not filled up all the empyema cavity. We anticipate that an omental pedicle flap covering the lung fistulae will be a simpler but promising method of closing lung fistulae, while simultaneously preventive of infection of residual cavity.