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(Chest. 1966;50:34-39.)
© 1966 American College of Chest Physicians

Postoperative Hemorrhage after Pulmonary Resection

II. Postoperative hemorrhage following pulmonary resection as an indication for secondary thoracotomy

Jan Langer M.D.1

1 Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Medical School

1. Secondary thoracotomy allows direct finding of the site of bleeding in 70 per cent and control of the hemorrhage in 80 per cent of cases.

2. Deaths after secondary thoracotomy are due less to the operation itself than to its delayed execution, especially in cases with severe irreversible cardiovascular failure and hemorrhagic shock.

3. In many cases, early secondary thoracotomy prevents the formation of hematoma in the thoracic cavity and excessive loss of blood, and their dire consequences.






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