Reexpansion pulmonary edema after treatment of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax
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Jong Bum Kwon1, Si Young Choi, Chi Kyung Kim
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daejeon St Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We report a case of 46-year-old male with simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax. Severe reexpansion pulmonary edema developed after bilateral tube thoracoscomy, but he was recovered after 2 days ventilator care. After bilateral wedge resection and talc pleurodesis, he was discharged without complications and had remained well and without recurrence during the 8-year follow-up.
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