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A technique for repair of traumatic parasternal lung herniation: case report
J Cernilia1, J Lin, R Ott
1Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Trauma, University of California at Irvine, Orange, USA.
The Journal of Trauma
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of traumatic lung herniation through an area of costalsternal separation in a 36-year-old male is presented. Persistent pain and the threat of strangulated lung tissue prompted repair that was accomplished with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene Gortex tissue patch.