• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Oct 2009

    Case Reports

    Non-operative management of tube thoracostomy induced pulmonary artery injury.

    • Senthilkumar R Sundaramurthy, Randall A Moshinsky, and Julian A Smith.
    • Department of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct 1;9(4):759-60.

    AbstractTube thoracostomy insertion is a common procedure in the management of air and fluid collections in the pleural space. Pulmonary artery injury is a rare but serious complication following intercostal catheterisation. This complication is usually managed surgically. We report a case of successful non-operative management of a pulmonary artery injury after tube thoracostomy.

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