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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jun 2008
Case ReportsIntraoperative contralateral pneumothorax during single-lung transplantation.
- Olufemi Akindipe, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Maher Baz, and Edward D Staples.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, FL 32610-0395, USA. akindoa@medicine.ufl.edu
- Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jun 1;56(6):302-5.
AbstractContralateral intraoperative tension pneumothorax is a rare complication of thoracic surgical procedures. Here we present three cases of tension pneumothorax that developed during single-lung transplantation for emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second report of contralateral intraoperative tension pneumothorax during single-lung transplantation. A high index of clinical suspicion is required for the detection of this potentially catastrophic complication.
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