Lung decortication for spontaneous hydropneumothorax in post COVID patients: A case series

Hydropneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air and fluid in the pleural space. As it is a rare complication of COVID-19 pneumonia, we report a case series of spontaneous hydropneumothorax converted to pus collection that was resistant to medical management and treated as decortication and pleure...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Rajnish, Mishra, Namita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9288668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35872925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcorm.2022.100279
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Sumario:Hydropneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air and fluid in the pleural space. As it is a rare complication of COVID-19 pneumonia, we report a case series of spontaneous hydropneumothorax converted to pus collection that was resistant to medical management and treated as decortication and pleurectomy.

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