Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air within the mediastinum. It is usually caused by a respiratory tract disorder, esophageal erosion, bowel perforation, or gastrointestinal tract endoscopic procedure. Pneumomediastinum following urological endoscopic surgery is very uncommon. Here, we report an...

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Autores principales: Chang, Cheng-Hsi, Jou, Yeong-Chin, Wu, Chiu-Hua, Hsieh, Chi-Wen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757778
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_24_17
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author Chang, Cheng-Hsi
Jou, Yeong-Chin
Wu, Chiu-Hua
Hsieh, Chi-Wen
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description Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air within the mediastinum. It is usually caused by a respiratory tract disorder, esophageal erosion, bowel perforation, or gastrointestinal tract endoscopic procedure. Pneumomediastinum following urological endoscopic surgery is very uncommon. Here, we report an unusual case of pneumomediastinum in a 55-year-old female following percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal and ureteral stones. The patient recovered well with supportive treatment with oxygen.
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spelling pubmed-55092072017-07-26 Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy Chang, Cheng-Hsi Jou, Yeong-Chin Wu, Chiu-Hua Hsieh, Chi-Wen Tzu Chi Med J Case Report Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air within the mediastinum. It is usually caused by a respiratory tract disorder, esophageal erosion, bowel perforation, or gastrointestinal tract endoscopic procedure. Pneumomediastinum following urological endoscopic surgery is very uncommon. Here, we report an unusual case of pneumomediastinum in a 55-year-old female following percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal and ureteral stones. The patient recovered well with supportive treatment with oxygen. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5509207/ /pubmed/28757778 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_24_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Tzu Chi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chang, Cheng-Hsi
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Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
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title_full Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
title_fullStr Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
title_full_unstemmed Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
title_short Pneumomediastinum: An unusual complication after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509207/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_24_17
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