TY - JOUR
T1 - Case of Rapid Formation of Intraoperative Pulmonary Pneumatocele After Lobectomy
AU - Sugimura, Aya
AU - Takahashi, Tsuyoshi
AU - Sekihara, Keigo
AU - Nagasaka, Satoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Pulmonary pneumatocele that forms immediately after pulmonary resection is extremely rare. This report describes a case of pneumatocele that formed rapidly in the left lower lobe immediately after left upper lobectomy in a patient with lung cancer and emphysema. Massive and persistent air leakage through a chest tube was noted immediately after chest closure. Therefore, the chest was reopened, and the cyst wall was incised. The air leakage point was cauterized and covered with a polyglycolic acid sheet and fibrin glue. Herein, we report a rare case of newly developed pneumatocele immediately after lobectomy.
AB - Pulmonary pneumatocele that forms immediately after pulmonary resection is extremely rare. This report describes a case of pneumatocele that formed rapidly in the left lower lobe immediately after left upper lobectomy in a patient with lung cancer and emphysema. Massive and persistent air leakage through a chest tube was noted immediately after chest closure. Therefore, the chest was reopened, and the cyst wall was incised. The air leakage point was cauterized and covered with a polyglycolic acid sheet and fibrin glue. Herein, we report a rare case of newly developed pneumatocele immediately after lobectomy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.028
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 32302662
AN - SCOPUS:85090918554
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 110
SP - e331-e332
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -