title: [Traumatic pulmonary hernia].
abstract: The traumatic pulmonary hernia is a rare and uncommon observation. We report a case of a 52-year-old patient who had a car accident. Beside multiple polytraumatic injuries we were able to diagnose an incarcerated pulmonary hernia. Hernia size, incarceration and the respiratory insufficiency of the patient necessitating immediate surgical intervention. We relocated the hernia into the chest and stabilized the thoracic wall. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kley
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sirbu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aleksic
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dalichau
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*