title: Chest wall/diaphragmatic complications.
abstract: This article discusses the prevention and management of chest wall and diaphragmatic complications after extrapleural pneumonectomy, the prevention of thoracoplasty scoliosis, the complications after chest wall resection, and the presentation, prevention, and management of chest wall hernia. Appropriate preoperative assessment and patient selection, meticulous attention to detail intraoperatively, and diligent postoperative observation and care are needed to prevent these events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedberg
mesh_terms: D005409:Flail Chest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects