Tension pneumoperitoneum after heart-lung transplantation

Roderich E. Schwarz; Si M. Pham; Morris I. Bierman; Kenneth W. Lee; Bartley P. Griffith

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(94)91026-X

Tension pneumoperitoneum after heart-lung transplantation

Roderich E. Schwarz, Si M. Pham, Morris I. Bierman, Kenneth W. Lee, Bartley P. Griffith

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Abstract

Tension pneumoperitoneum is a medical emergency. We report 2 cases in which tension pneumoperitoneum occurred after heart-lung transplantation and was related to positive-pressure ventilation and a transdiaphragmatic passage of omentum used to wrap the airway anastomosis. Management in these patients was targeted toward decompression of intraperitoneal air with percutaneous needle or tube placement without exploratory laparotomy, and tube thoracostomy for the concomitant pneumothorax.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	478-481
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4975(94)91026-X
State	Published - Feb 1994

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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