Closed Digital Reduction of Posttraumatic Lung Hernia

외상 후 폐장탈출의 폐쇄손가락정복

  • Park, Ki-sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 박기성 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.07.18
  • Accepted : 2012.08.28
  • Published : 2012.09.30

Abstract

Postraumatic lung hernia is a rare occurrence. A number of cases reported in the literature have been treated with early thoracotomy to repair partial protruded lung and pleura to prevent strangulation and incarceration. We present a case of a 45-year-old patient of left posttrumatic lung hernia, in which closed digital reduction was successful. The strategy of the management approach could be established by further accumulated experience.

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