Emergency video-assisted thoracoscopic foreign body removal and decortication of lung after chest trauma.
Video-assisted thoracoscopy can be a useful tool in selected chest trauma patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. A metallic foreign body, embedded in peripheral lung parenchyma, was removed successfully with blood clot evacuation and limited decortication of lung in a hemodynamically stable 10-year-old patient using a video-assisted thoracoscopic technique.
Dutta
Roman
R
Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India.
Kumar
Arvind
A
Das
Chandan Jyoti
CJ
Jindal
Tarun
T
D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
D008670:Metals