title: A technique for repair of traumatic parasternal lung herniation: case report.
abstract: A case of traumatic lung herniation through an area of costalsternal separation in a 36-year-old male is presented. Persistent pain and the threat of strangulated lung tissue prompted repair that was accomplished with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene Gortex tissue patch.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Trauma, University of California at Irvine, Orange, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cernilia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scannell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene