Abstract
We describe a case of a patient who, 14 years after a pneumonectomy, required surgery for a life-threatening air-leak following accidental intubation of an emphysematous bulla in his remaining lung. To facilitate treatment by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation was employed.
MeSH terms
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pneumonectomy*
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Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
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Pneumothorax / surgery*
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Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
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Postoperative Complications / surgery*
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Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
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Reoperation
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed