However, surgery did not improve the rates ... demonstrate multiple posterior and anterolateral rib fractures with hemothorax and subcutaneous emphysema (a). A 3D CT scan of the thorax ...

A thoracotomy involves making an incision between the ribs on one side of the chest ... 2.3.2 The National Emphysema Treatment Trial randomised 1218 patients, of whom 580 underwent surgery. At 24 ...

Surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum are the potentially life threatening complications from the use of the air rotor during exodontia. Potential microbial contaminants such as pseudomonas and ...

Lung-volume–reduction surgery has been performed in thousands of people with emphysema in recent years. 1 More than 30 separate reports of over 2000 operations have found substantial and ...

Subcutaneous emphysema is a rare condition that can occur after surgery of the thorax. However, many other factors contribute to disease development, including a collapsed lung and blunt trauma.

patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did in the past—and they may even fare better than ...