Treatment for Anterior Flail Chest With a Vacuum Bell.
Journal
The Annals of thoracic surgery
ISSN: 1552-6259
Titre abrégé: Ann Thorac Surg
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 15030100R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
09
07
2019
revised:
04
10
2019
accepted:
18
10
2019
pubmed:
22
12
2019
medline:
25
8
2020
entrez:
22
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We describe a patient with polytrauma that included anterior chest flail caused by a fall while climbing. As the situation was similar to a pectus excavatum, we attempted to stabilize the depressed chest wall by using a vacuum bell. Deep breath, peak flow, and pectus index were increased when the patient used the vacuum bell. Conservative treatment with a vacuum bell during the day and continuous positive airway pressure during the night was undertaken for 6 weeks. This report documents stabilization of an anterior flail chest using a vacuum bell.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31862493
pii: S0003-4975(19)31880-6
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.065
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e55-e57Informations de copyright
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