Citation

Iyoda A, Satoh N, Yamakawa H, Fujino M, Hiroshima K, Fujisawa T. Surg. Today 2003; 33(10): 755-757.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Chiba Higashi Hospital, 673 Nitona-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8712, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00595-003-2590-7

PMID

14513323

Abstract

A 66-year-old man fell from a tree and was diagnosed to have multiple fractured ribs and hemopneumothorax based upon the chest roentgenogram findings. He underwent chest tube drainage and evacuation using video-assisted thoracic surgery. One week after the operation, he exhibited recurrent hemothorax. He underwent a thoracotomy, and the hemothorax was found to be due to a penetration of the lower descending thoracic aorta by a fractured rib. We performed a direct closure of the penetrated portion of the descending thoracic aorta. The patient has remained well for 1 year following the second operation.

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