Pneumocephalus Following Thoracic Surgery with Posterior Chest Wall Resection
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Pneumocephalus Following Thoracic Surgery with Posterior Chest Wall Resection
Pneumocephalus can be seen after head injury with fracture of the skull-base or in cerebral neoplasm, infection, or after intracranial or spinal surgery. We report on a 69-year-old male patient with pneumocephalus after right-sided lobectomy and en bloc resection of the chest wall for non-small-cell lung cancer. Postoperatively, the patient showed a reduced vigilance level with no response to p...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2194-7635,2194-7643
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1396683