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Ruptured hemidiaphragm after bilateral lung transplantation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 August 2006
Abstract
A case of right hemidiaphragm rupture and abdominal herniation into the thorax occurring during the immediate post-operative course of double-lung transplantation is reported. This complication has not been reported previously. We examine the possible aetiology and suggest that the direct cause could be an increase in intra-abdominal pressure during chest physiotherapy.
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- 1999 European Society of Anaesthesiology
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