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Lung Entrapment between the Pectus Bar and Chest Wall after Pectus Surgery: An Incidental Finding during Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

We report a case of an entrapped lung after the pectus bar repair of a pectus deformity. The entrapped lung was found incidentally during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for pneumothorax. Based on VATS exploration, multiple bullae seemed to be the cause of the pneumothorax, but the entra...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyung Soo, Hyun, Kwanyong, Kim, Do Yeon, Choi, Kukbin, Choi, Hahng Joon, Park, Hyung Joo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509135
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.5.375