Treatment of Prolonged Air-leak after Bilobectomy by Artificial Pneumoperitoneum.
- Author:
Seong Joon CHO
1
;
Sung Ho LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangwon National University Hospital, Korea. Joon@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Air leakage;
Pneumoperitoneum;
antificial
- MeSH:
Catheters;
Chest Tubes;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pneumoperitoneum;
Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial*;
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary;
Veins
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2002;35(12):902-905
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Pulmonary resection often leaves a pleural space problem that can cause prolonged air leaks. We describe a patient with lung cancer undergoing a right middle and lower lobectomy complicated by prolonged air leaks. He had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and COPD. Artificial pneumoperitoneum was made by instillation of air via a small central vein catheter into the left lower quadrant on postoperative day(POD) 21. The air leak ceased on POD 23 and the chest tube was removed on POD 25.
