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Kazuki Nishimura1, Satoshi Hayasaka1
1Anesthesiology and Critical Care, KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, JPN.
Abstract:
A male in his 70s with a history of artificial vessel replacement for a thoracoabdominal aneurysm had been treated non-operatively for adhesive bowel obstruction during the past two months. The initial symptom was nausea and the patient was transferred to our hospital because of diffuse abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed pneumothorax, diaphragmatic hernia, and bowel perforation. A left thoracic drain was inserted and air and clear yellow fluid were drained. Secondary pneumothorax was presumably caused by intestinal perforation associated with diaphragmatic hernia. Although reported cases with secondary pneumothorax associated with diaphragmatic hernia and intestinal perforation are caused by trauma, this complication can occur postoperatively.
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