Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection

We describe a 60-year-old woman who developed extensive emphysema, bilateral pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum after total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection with sacrifice of a recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, we discuss the possisle etiology of those rare complications.

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Autores principales: Lee, Seung Won, Cho, Sung Hoon, Lee, Jong Dae, Lee, Jae Yong, Kim, Shi Chan, Koh, Yoon Woo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19434263
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2008.1.1.49
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author Lee, Seung Won
Cho, Sung Hoon
Lee, Jong Dae
Lee, Jae Yong
Kim, Shi Chan
Koh, Yoon Woo
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Cho, Sung Hoon
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description We describe a 60-year-old woman who developed extensive emphysema, bilateral pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum after total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection with sacrifice of a recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, we discuss the possisle etiology of those rare complications.
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spelling pubmed-26717552009-05-11 Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection Lee, Seung Won Cho, Sung Hoon Lee, Jong Dae Lee, Jae Yong Kim, Shi Chan Koh, Yoon Woo Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol Case Report We describe a 60-year-old woman who developed extensive emphysema, bilateral pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum after total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection with sacrifice of a recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, we discuss the possisle etiology of those rare complications. Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2008-03 2008-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2671755/ /pubmed/19434263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2008.1.1.49 Text en Copyright © 2008 Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lee, Seung Won
Cho, Sung Hoon
Lee, Jong Dae
Lee, Jae Yong
Kim, Shi Chan
Koh, Yoon Woo
Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title_full Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title_fullStr Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title_short Bilateral Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum Following Total Thyroidectomy with Central Neck Dissection
title_sort bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum following total thyroidectomy with central neck dissection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19434263
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2008.1.1.49
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