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Dyspnea resulting from accumulation of pleural effusion after radical neck dissection. A case report
1Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Nagasaki University, Japan.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
The patient became dyspneic 3 days after radical neck dissection on the left side. A chest radiography showed bilateral pleural effusion.During the operation, a lymphatic leak was noted. In this case, the factor of an associated perforation of the pleural had not been demonstrated. Fresh frozen plasma was administered and positive end-expiratory pressure was applied. The patient had no residual pulmonary sequelae.