Rizzo Anne G, Sample George A
Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, 4B-39, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Chest. 2003 Sep;124(3):1164-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.124.3.1164.
Prolonged open sternotomy is a well-known phenomenon in the pediatric and adult cardiac surgery literature. It is usually an adjuvant in the treatment of a severely compromised heart. We present a case of thoracic compartment syndrome that developed postoperatively from a noncardiac thoracic procedure. Management, diagnosis, and literature review are presented.
