Bilateral pneumothoraces complicating reduction mammoplasty: a case report.
BMC Surg
; 13: 29, 2013 Jul 26.
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| ID: mdl-23890488
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Bilateral pneumothoraces after cosmetic breast surgery are rare and sporadically reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 65-year-old female patient developed bilateral pneumothoraces after bilateral breast reduction surgery. Emergent chest tube thoracostomy was performed on both sides. The chest drains were removed on the fourth day (left side) and sixth day (right side), and the patient was discharged after 7 days of hospitalization without any further complications.CONCLUSION:
To our knowledge, the English-language literature contains no other reports of bilateral pneumothoraces after reduction mammoplasty.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumotórax
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Mamoplastia
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article