Lung herniation after minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery
One year after undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary-artery bypass surgery, a 67-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a well-demarcated deformity overlying the third intercostal space of the left anterior hemithorax. On examination, the lesion had a positive cough impulse and spontaneo...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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september 1, 2011
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The New England journal of medicine
Year: 2011, Volume: 365, Issue: 9, Pages: e19 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMicm1013267 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm1013267
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| Author Notes: | Alexander Weymann, MD, Gabor Szabo, MD |
| Summary: | One year after undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary-artery bypass surgery, a 67-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a well-demarcated deformity overlying the third intercostal space of the left anterior hemithorax. On examination, the lesion had a positive cough impulse and spontaneous reduction with inhalation. Breath sounds could be clearly heard within the mass. Computed tomographic images of the chest confirmed that a large portion of the lung had herniated through an intercostal defect in the chest wall (Panel A, arrow, axial view; Panel B, arrow, sagittal view). Lung herniation is a rare complication of minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery. In . . . |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 12.12.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMicm1013267 |