title: Value of video-assisted thoracic surgery in traumatic extrapleural hematoma.
abstract: The current article reports on a rare case recently experienced, in which a medially displaced extrapleural fat layer with parietal pleura, revealed by CT scan of the chest, was a sign of traumatic extrapleural hematoma. Video-assisted thoracic surgery was not suited to approaching and managing the extrapleural hematoma, so that a limited thoracotomy was mandatory. Extrapleural hematoma should be considered a relative major contraindication to video-assisted thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy