Cardiac herniation after operative management of lung cancer: a rare and dangerous complication.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 60(10): 668-72, 2012 Oct.
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Cardiac herniation after pneumonectomy is recognized as a rare complication. This case report describes two cases. The mortality rate of this complication remains high as reported in the literature; in early-recognized cases 50 % and in late or unrecognized cases 100 %. In the following two cases a pneumonectomy was performed as a treatment for lung cancer. Within 48 h after the initial operative treatment, the clinical situation of the patients got worse and radiographic examinations showed a strongly deviated heart. After suspicion of the diagnosis, the patients were immediately transferred to the operation theatre for emergency thoracotomy. Per-operative the diagnosis was confirmed and the heart was returned into its original position while the defect in the pericardial sac was closed with a bovine pericardial patch. Both patients survived these procedures and did not suffer from any further complication.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonectomía
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Pericardiectomía
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Cardiopatías
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Hernia
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Japón