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A rare case of an intercostal lung herniation with fractures of the fifth and sixth ribs after thoracic surgery

INTRODUCTION: Lung herniation is a rare condition defined as a protrusion of the pleural-covered lung parenchyma through an abnormal defect or weakness in the thoracic wall. Postoperative lung herniation is reported to result from a preceding operation with inadequate closure of the chest wall. PRES...

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Autores principales: Haro, Akira, Komiya, Kazune, Taguchi, Yoshihiro, Nishikawa, Haruka, Kouda, Takuyuki, Fujishita, Takatoshi, Yokoyama, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.11.028