Horner's Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Tube Thoracostomy -A case report-
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Horner’s syndrome: an extremely rare complication of tube thoracostomy
Chest tube insertion is the most commonly performed procedure in the thoracic surgery practice. This surgical procedure has various complications, however, Horner’s syndrome resulting from compression of the stellat ganglia due to apical insertion of chest tube is extremely rare. In this article a 21-year-old male patient who was treated with chest tube insertion for spontaneous pneumothorax at...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2233-601X,2093-6516
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.6.816