title: Transthoracic repair of a traumatic subarachnoid-pleural fistula.
abstract: A 21-year old patient developed paraplegia and a subarachnoid-pleural fistula, as a result of gunshot injury. Successful surgical repair of the fistula was achieved via a transthoracic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Air Force and Veterans Administration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dosios
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tzouras
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsaprounis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000293:injuries*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000293:injuries; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*