• Medicine · May 2017

    Case Reports

    Chest wall swelling and pneumothorax after shoulder arthroscopy: Were the 2 events totally independent?

    • Jong Bun Kim, Min Kyung Choi, Yong Kyoung Jeon, and Jae Myeong Lee.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 May 1; 96 (21): e7020.

    RationaleArthroscopic shoulder surgery (ASS) is a low mortality and morbidity procedure, but anesthetic complications are reported. There have been no reports of combined chest wall swelling and pneumothorax after ASS.Patient ConcernsThe patient's right lung was severely collapsed and the mediastinum was deviated after ASS.DiagnosisPneumothorax on right chest.InterventionsA chest tube was inserted and oxygen therapy was performed.OutcomesThe patient was discharged uneventfully.LessonsElective ASS has low mortality and morbidity rates, but we should be more concerned over the complications after ASS.

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