Busch T, Sirbu H, Aleksic I, Friedrich M, Dalichau H
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-University, Gõttingen, Germany.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1999 Dec;40(6):901-3.
Traumatic lung hernia is a rare diagnosis. A 52-year-old female motorvehicle passenger was admitted as a trauma patient after a motorvehicle accident. She was found to have an incarcerated lung hernia. Size of the hernia, incarceration and respiratory insufficiency mandated immediate surgical intervention with reposition, drainage and stabilisation of the chest wall. The postoperative course was uneventful. The management of the patient is discussed and the available literature reviewed.
