Successful Tractotomy Technique for a Penetrating Lung Injury in a Patient with One Lung

Successful Tractotomy Technique for a Penetrating Lung Injury in a Patient with One Lung

We report the case of a patient with penetrating chest trauma (right chest) who had undergone a left pneumonectomy due to pulmonary tuberculosis 24 years ago. We performed an emergent thoracotomy, finding an opening of the penetrating wound in a lower-lobe basal segment of the right lung. A staple...

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Main Authors: Dong Hoon Kang, Hyun Oh Park, Sung Ho Moon, In Seok Jang, Jung Hoon Byun, Sung Hwan Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-10-01
Series:Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Lung injury
Trauma
Foreign body
Online Access:http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.5.399

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