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Spontaneous rupture of the right hemidiaphragm after video-assisted lung volume reduction operation
Serban C Stoica1, Stewart R Craig, Sing Yang Soon
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 20, 2002
Abstract:
Lung volume reduction operation is an important therapeutic option in patients with advanced emphysema. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of the right diaphragm after a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical procedure for emphysema. The pathophysiology of this complication is also discussed, along with practical points for perioperative management of emphysematous patients.