Life Threatening Hemoperitoneum and Liver Injury as a Result of Chest Tube Thoracostomy
Common complications of chest tube thoracostomy (CTT) include lung laceration, chest wall bleeding, improper position of tube, subcutaneous emphysema, and so on. Although intra-abdominal injury because of CTT was possible in stomach, spleen, and liver, published reports are rare and no case of life-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S23139 |