title: Thoracic compartment syndrome secondary to a thoracic procedure: a case report.
abstract: Prolonged open sternotomy is a well-known phenomenon in the pediatric and adult cardiac surgery literature. It is usually an adjuvant in the treatment of a severely compromised heart. We present a case of thoracic compartment syndrome that developed postoperatively from a noncardiac thoracic procedure. Management, diagnosis, and literature review are presented.
authors.affiliation: Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, 4B-39, Washington, DC 20010, USA. anne.g.rizzo@medstar.net
authors.forename: Anne G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sample
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery