Bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum following total thyroidectomy with central neck dissection.
We describe a 60-year-old woman who developed extensive emphysema, bilateral pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum after total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection with sacrifice of a recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, we discuss the possisle etiology of those rare complications.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
Seung Won
SW
Lee
Sung Hoon
SH
Cho
Jong Dae
JD
Lee
Jae Yong
JY
Lee
Shi Chan
SC
Kim
Yoon Woo
YW
Koh