PULMONARY VEIN INJURY THROUGH REPETITIVE CLIP FRICTION - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HEMOTHORAX

Authors
SIRBU H HERSE B BUSCH T DALICHAU H
Citation
H. Sirbu et al., PULMONARY VEIN INJURY THROUGH REPETITIVE CLIP FRICTION - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HEMOTHORAX, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(2), 1998, pp. 548-550
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
548 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:2<548:PVITRC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Massive hemothorax developed in a 58-year-old man 12 hours after a lef t pneumonectomy. The source of bleeding was a tear in the pulmonary ve in stump caused by a titanium clip that had been used during mediastin al lymphadenectomy. Postoperatively, the clip progressively sawed thro ugh the vascular wall of the pulmonary vein due to friction during the cardiac cycle. (C) 1998 by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.