Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2919703 | Heart, Lung and Circulation | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We present a patient with traumatic aortic dissection and preoperatively undiagnosed complete transaction of the left main bronchus following blunt chest trauma. He had no persistent air leak with lower lung lobe collapse despite undergoing PPV and had low arterial oxygen tension which failed to respond to appropriate oxygen therapy.
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Authors
Victor Yeok Kein MBBS, FRCS, Kenneth Hock Soon MMed, FCCP,