Application of the Clamshell Thoracotomy in an Infant with a Large Mediastinal Tumor

Historically it was recommended for emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma as the last resort when there was cardiopulmonary arrest. Nowadays, the only indications are lung transplantation and huge mediastinal masses. We report the use of a clamshell thoracotomy in a 7-month-old boy with a large a...

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Autores principales: Bendre, Pradnya S., Banerjee, Arka, Munghate, Gayatri, Karkera, Parag Janardhan, Bodhanwala, Minnie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10185027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37197234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_91_22
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Banerjee, Arka
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Karkera, Parag Janardhan
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description Historically it was recommended for emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma as the last resort when there was cardiopulmonary arrest. Nowadays, the only indications are lung transplantation and huge mediastinal masses. We report the use of a clamshell thoracotomy in a 7-month-old boy with a large anterior mediastinal mass extending into the bilateral thoracic cavities.
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spelling pubmed-101850272023-05-16 Application of the Clamshell Thoracotomy in an Infant with a Large Mediastinal Tumor Bendre, Pradnya S. Banerjee, Arka Munghate, Gayatri Karkera, Parag Janardhan Bodhanwala, Minnie J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Historically it was recommended for emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma as the last resort when there was cardiopulmonary arrest. Nowadays, the only indications are lung transplantation and huge mediastinal masses. We report the use of a clamshell thoracotomy in a 7-month-old boy with a large anterior mediastinal mass extending into the bilateral thoracic cavities. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10185027/ /pubmed/37197234 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_91_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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