Iatrogenic pneumothorax after breast reduction surgery caused by local anesthesia infiltration - a case report.
Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg
; 9(1): 72-74, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
We present a case of a 44-year-old woman, who underwent bilateral breast reduction mammoplasty and suffered a unilateral pneumothorax that was detected postoperatively. Infiltration of a local anesthetic was considered the cause of the pneumothorax. We recommend a more tangential direction of needle placement when infiltrating a local anesthetic.
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2022
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