[Application of the polyglycolic acid (PGA) pledgets or sheet for pulmonary fistulas and defects of the pleura].

A felt-like bioabsorbable prosthesis (Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) pledget and sheet; Medifit feft) was used for pulmonary fistula in a total of 10 patients. "Fibrin glue A" was absorbed into the PGA prosthesis previously. And next, the part of pulmonary fistula was coated with "Fibrin glue B", and then covered with the fibrin-absorbed PGA prosthesis. The prosthesis adhered to the diseased part of pulmonary pleura immediately, and therefore, in all these 10 patients, the post-operative air-leakage was stopped up to 4 days and neither side effect nor complication was observed.