title: Reexpansion pulmonary edema after treatment of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax.
abstract: We report a case of 46-year-old male with simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax. Severe reexpansion pulmonary edema developed after bilateral tube thoracoscomy, but he was recovered after 2 days ventilator care. After bilateral wedge resection and talc pleurodesis, he was discharged without complications and had remained well and without recurrence during the 8-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daejeon St Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Si Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chi Kyung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chan Beom
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
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