Lung herniation after minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery

• Verfasst von: Weymann, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Szabó, Gábor [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Lung herniation after minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery
• Verf.angabe: Alexander Weymann, MD, Gabor Szabo, MD
• E-Jahr: 2011
• Jahr: september 1, 2011
• Umfang: 1 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 12.12.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The New England journal of medicine
• Ort Quelle: Waltham, Mass. : MMS, 1928
• Jahr Quelle: 2011
• Band/Heft Quelle: 365(2011), 9 vom: Sept., Seite e19
• ISSN Quelle: 1533-4406
• DOI: doi:10.1056/NEJMicm1013267
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 182677940X

Abstract

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 . . .