Bilateral pneumothoraces complicating reduction mammoplasty: a case report

BMC Surgery

Roland Wagner¹  Martina Schumacher¹  Hans Georg Gnauk¹  Stylianos Mavridis¹ 

[1] Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Charlottenstraße 72, Potsdam, 14467, Germany

关键词: Mammoplasty;    Bilateral;    Pneumothorax;   

Others  :  866909
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-13-29

 received in 2012-05-02, accepted in 2013-07-17,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Bilateral pneumothoraces after cosmetic breast surgery are rare and sporadically reported in the literature.

Case presentation

A 65-year-old female patient developed bilateral pneumothoraces after bilateral breast reduction surgery. Emergent chest tube thoracostomy was performed on both sides. The chest drains were removed on the fourth day (left side) and sixth day (right side), and the patient was discharged after 7 days of hospitalization without any further complications.

Conclusion

To our knowledge, the English-language literature contains no other reports of bilateral pneumothoraces after reduction mammoplasty.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Mavridis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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