Bilateral pneumothoraces complicating reduction mammoplasty: a case report

BACKGROUND: Bilateral pneumothoraces after cosmetic breast surgery are rare and sporadically reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old female patient developed bilateral pneumothoraces after bilateral breast reduction surgery. Emergent chest tube thoracostomy was performed on both...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mavridis, Stylianos, Gnauk, Hans Georg, Schumacher, Martina, Wagner, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23890488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-29
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Bilateral pneumothoraces after cosmetic breast surgery are rare and sporadically reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old female patient developed bilateral pneumothoraces after bilateral breast reduction surgery. Emergent chest tube thoracostomy was performed on both sides. The chest drains were removed on the fourth day (left side) and sixth day (right side), and the patient was discharged after 7 days of hospitalization without any further complications. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, the English-language literature contains no other reports of bilateral pneumothoraces after reduction mammoplasty.

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