%0 Journal Article
%T Incarceration hernia of the lung after video-assisted thoracic surgery requiring emergency operation: a case report
%A Akikazu Kawase
%A Hiroaki Oiwa
%A Kazuhito Funai
%A Norihiko Shiiya
%A Shuhei Iizuka
%A Toshinari Ema
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2018
%R 10.21037/jtd.2018.06.63
%X Lung hernia is defined as the protrusion of lung tissue through a bounding structure (1). There are a few reports of lung herniation occurring after a lung operation, but such cases rarely require emergency surgery (2). We here report the case of a patient who developed lung herniation after wedge resection, and required emergency surgery due to post-operative respiratory difficulty. In this patient, an aerial fistula developed when portions of the lung escaped the thoracic cavity after rib fracture, making air drainage via a thoracic drain ineffective, and causing the sudden development of subcutaneous emphysema, which required emergency surgery
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