Intraoperative hypoxemia from compression of the right pulmonary artery caused by a sternal retractor

Anesth Analg. 2008 Feb;106(2):415-6. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181605e0a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Constriction
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / diagnosis*
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Intraoperative Complications / etiology
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Sternum*
  • Surgical Instruments / adverse effects*