eComment: Management options of tube thoracostomy-induced pulmonary artery injury
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eComment: Management options of tube thoracostomy-induced pulmonary artery injury.
Fig. 1. Axial CT-scan image showing intercostal catheter located in the right pulmonary artery. Fig. 2. CT-scan image six weeks post removal of the catheter showing the sealed tract. used is by no means innocuous. Bleeding complications have been seen in patients with dense adhesions in the pleural space and in the post-pneumonectomy state. In the latter situation pulmonary vascular injury has ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.209262a