A rare cause of respiratory distress after transthoracic oesophagectomy

Transthoracic oesophagectomy is a standard surgical procedure for oesophageal cancer. Because of thoracotomy and lung handling, perioperative pulmonary complications make such procedures challenging. The issues related to respiratory complications may be predicted and managed accordingly. However, w...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Vinod, Garg, Rakesh, Bharati, Sachidanand Jee, Gupta, Nishkarsh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26755841
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.170036
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Sumario:Transthoracic oesophagectomy is a standard surgical procedure for oesophageal cancer. Because of thoracotomy and lung handling, perioperative pulmonary complications make such procedures challenging. The issues related to respiratory complications may be predicted and managed accordingly. However, we report two cases of respiratory compromise caused due to a peculiar iatrogenic component.

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