Perforation of the right ventricle: a complication of blind placement of a chest tube into the postpneumonectomy space
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical CareDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
1998-10-29Keywords
BronchiectasisChest Tubes
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Injuries
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy
Postoperative Complications
Rupture
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
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We were asked to review a case from an outside hospital in which there was inadvertent perforation of the right ventricle during the percutaneous placement of a chest tube. We present the case in the hopes that by doing so, others will avoid such a complication in the future. After reviewing the case, it appeared that the complication occurred because the physician was not knowledgeable about the anatomy of the postpneumonectomy space and the physician failed to use the safest procedure in placing the tube.Source
Chest. 1998 Oct;114(4):1213-5.
DOI
10.1378/chest.114.4.1213Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/41461PubMed ID
9792599Related Resources
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10.1378/chest.114.4.1213