A technique for repair of traumatic parasternal lung herniation: case report.
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.
Cernilia
J
J
Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Trauma, University of California at Irvine, Orange, USA.
Lin
J
J
Ott
R
R
Scannell
G
G
Waxman
K
K
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
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene