Citation

Amir MI, Klaase JM, Geelkerken RH, Mulder HJ, van Walsum AD. Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd. 2001; 145(45): 2182-2185.

Vernacular Title

Letsel van de rechter A. pulmonalis door stomp thoraxtrauma.

Affiliation

Medisch Spectrum Twente, afd. Chirurgie, Postbus 50.000, 7500 KA Enschede.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Erven Bohn)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11727619

Abstract

Immediately after a moped accident a 16-year old patient was haemodynamically unstable. Following adequate drainage of a haematopneumothorax in the hospital the patient collapsed into a shock. Thoractomy revealed a tear of the right A. pulmonalis. The hilus was clamped and a lobectomy was performed. After this the patient was haemodynamically stable; due to bone and nerve damage he was transferred to a rehabilitation centre. Laceration of the A. pulmonalis as a consequence of blunt thoracic trauma is rare and mostly fatal. In the case of a patient with a massive haematothorax rapid transport to the nearest hospital is preferable to thorax drainage at the site of the accident.

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