A successful surgical repair of intraoperative pneumothorax and the diffuse dissection of visceral pleura during liver transplantation surgery via trans-diaphragmatic approach

A successful surgical repair of intraoperative pneumothorax and the diffuse dissection of visceral pleura during liver transplantation surgery via trans-diaphragmatic approach

Abstract Background Pneumothorax during surgery under general anesthesia is a life-threatening situation for the patient because it can progress easily to the tension pneumothorax due to positive pressure ventilation unless appropriate treatments such as inserting a drainage tube in the thoracic cav...

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Main Authors: Kei Sakamoto, Akira Ogihara, Shota Mitsuboshi, Hideyuki Maeda, Takako Matsumoto, Tamami Isaka, Masahide Murasugi, Akiko Omori, Yoshihito Kotera, Hiroto Egawa, Masakazu Yamamoto, Masato Kanzaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Pneumothorax
Trans-diaphragmatic approach
Liver transplantation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0568-y

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