title: Negative pressure dressing for radiation-associated wound dehiscence after posterolateral thoracotomy.
abstract: Wound complications following surgical resection in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy are common and can be a difficult problem to manage. Negative pressure dressing technology appears to be safe and effective in the treatment of radiation-associated wound complications and can be used in the outpatients clinic setting. The presented case demonstrates that negative pressure dressing also manages the hydropneumothorax as a result of the dehiscence of the thoracic wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 7F004, VU Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. w.welvaart@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Willem N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Welvaart
authors.forename: Jan W A
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oosterhuis
authors.forename: Marinus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006872:Hydropneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome