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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann
; 24(3): 283-5, 2016 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26660882
RESUMO
Tracheobronchial stenosis is common in the thoracic surgery service, and iatrogenic injury of the airway after manipulation is not infrequent. When a digital thoracic drainage system came onto the market, many advantages were evident. A 24-year-old woman with critical right main bronchial stenosis underwent airway dilation that was complicated by a tear with a massive air leak, resulting in a total right pneumothorax. We employed a pleural drain connected to a digital thoracic drainage system. The drain was removed 2 days after successful resolution of the air leak.