Successful Tractotomy Technique for a Penetrating Lung Injury in a Patient with One Lung.
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.5.399
- Author:
Dong Hoon KANG
1
;
Hyun Oh PARK
;
Sung Ho MOON
;
In Seok JANG
;
Jung Hoon BYUN
;
Sung Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Korea. dr.sunghwankim@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung injury;
Trauma;
Foreign body
- MeSH:
Foreign Bodies;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Lung Injury*;
Lung*;
Pneumonectomy;
Thoracotomy;
Thorax;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary;
Wounds, Penetrating
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2017;50(5):399-402
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient with penetrating chest trauma (right chest) who had undergone a left pneumonectomy due to pulmonary tuberculosis 24 years ago. We performed an emergent thoracotomy, finding an opening of the penetrating wound in a lower-lobe basal segment of the right lung. A stapled tractotomy was performed along the tract. Bleeding control and air-leakage control was done easily and rapidly. The patient was discharged without any complications on the seventh day of admission. Tractotomy can be a good option for treating penetrating lung injuries in patients with limited lung function who need emergent surgery.
