Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy

We present a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a male patient in his 80s. His massive pulmonary necrosis and tension pneumothorax required urgent surgery. However, the damage to the lung tissue was too large, deep and fragile. We failed to suture or conduct wedge resection on the lung...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Duy Thang, Vu, Ngoc Tu, Dinh, Thi Thanh Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Case Reports: Learning from unexpected outcome (positive or negative)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35918079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249610
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description We present a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a male patient in his 80s. His massive pulmonary necrosis and tension pneumothorax required urgent surgery. However, the damage to the lung tissue was too large, deep and fragile. We failed to suture or conduct wedge resection on the lung lesion, so, left upper lobectomy was necessary. Therefore, we suggest that it is probably possible to reduce the frequency and time threshold when performing MWA for the elderly with comorbidities.
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spelling pubmed-93513362022-08-19 Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy Nguyen, Duy Thang Vu, Ngoc Tu Dinh, Thi Thanh Hong BMJ Case Rep Case Reports: Learning from unexpected outcome (positive or negative) We present a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a male patient in his 80s. His massive pulmonary necrosis and tension pneumothorax required urgent surgery. However, the damage to the lung tissue was too large, deep and fragile. We failed to suture or conduct wedge resection on the lung lesion, so, left upper lobectomy was necessary. Therefore, we suggest that it is probably possible to reduce the frequency and time threshold when performing MWA for the elderly with comorbidities. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9351336/ /pubmed/35918079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249610 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Nguyen, Duy Thang
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Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title_full Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title_fullStr Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title_full_unstemmed Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title_short Massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
title_sort massive lung necrosis due to microwave ablation in an octogenarian required urgent lobectomy
topic Case Reports: Learning from unexpected outcome (positive or negative)
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35918079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249610
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