HEART PERFORATION - A RARE COMPLICATION A FTER CHEST-TUBE TREATMENT

Authors
FERNANDEZ ED NEUDECK F PIOTROWSKI J
Citation
Ed. Fernandez et al., HEART PERFORATION - A RARE COMPLICATION A FTER CHEST-TUBE TREATMENT, Chirurg, 66(9), 1995, pp. 920-922
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Chirurg → ACNP
ISSN journal
00094722
Volume
66
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
920 - 922
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-4722(1995)66:9<920:HP-ARC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Complications after chest-tube treatment are rare if the correct techn ique is used. We describe a case of an iatrogenic perforation of the h eart after bringing in a chest tube to treat a ventral pneumothorax du ring the postoperative intensive care treatment.