Video-Assisted Minithoracotomy for Pulmonary Laceration with a Massive Hemothorax

Severe intrathoracic hemorrhage from pulmonary parenchyma is the most serious complication of pulmonary laceration after blunt trauma requiring immediate surgical hemostasis through open thoracotomy. The safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) techniques for this life-thre...

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Main Authors: Ota, Hideki, Kawai, Hideki, Togashi, Shuntaro, Matsuo, Tsubasa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006568/