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Reactive pleuropericarditis following laparoscopic fundoplication
A Viste1, A Horn, S Lund-Tønnessen
1Department of Surgery, Haukeland Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|June 1, 1997
Summary
Postpericardiotomy syndrome, a post-cardiac surgery condition, can also occur after laparoscopic procedures. Corticosteroid treatment effectively resolved symptoms when antibiotics failed, suggesting a non-bacterial cause.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Cardiology
Background:
- Postpericardiotomy syndrome is a known complication after cardiac surgery.
- It presents with fever, chest pain, leukocytosis, and effusions.
- This syndrome is typically managed with anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive agents.