Communication between the two pleural cavities after major cardiothoracic surgery: relevance to percutaneous intervention
| Autor: | D E Lucas, C A Kusnick, V A Starnes, G R Wittich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
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Heart Defects Congenital Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart-Lung Transplantation medicine.medical_treatment Thoracentesis Lung biopsy Postoperative Complications medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business.industry Biopsy Needle Pneumothorax respiratory system Pleural cavity Middle Aged medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Chest tube Transplantation medicine.anatomical_structure Cardiothoracic surgery Child Preschool Heart Transplantation Pleura Female business |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 184(2) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | The authors describe evidence of communication between the two pleural cavities after major cardiothoracic surgery (combined heart and lung transplantation, heart transplantation, and correction of complex congenital heart disease) performed in three patients. In two patients, unilateral lung biopsy caused a symptomatic bilateral pneumothorax. This was successfully treated with insertion of a single chest tube in one patient and two chest tubes in the other patient. In the third patient, simultaneous evacuation of large bilateral pleural effusions was performed by means of unilateral thoracentesis because of the presence of a common pleural cavity. |
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