Khalil Mohammed W, Masala Nicola, Waller David A, Cardillo Giuseppe
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May;7(3):506-7. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.168658. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
Post-traumatic lung herniation through a defect in the chest wall is an uncommon injury, with only about 300 reported in the literature. Various methods of treatment and repair have been described, including both purely thoracoscopic to full open techniques. We repaired a case by using a combination of minithoracotomy and video-assistance through the minithoracotomy wound. The patient did well and there was minimal postoperative pain.