| Horner's syndrome: a delayed complication after thoracostomy tube removal. | |
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PMID: 16093114 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Description of a complication from tube thoracostomy. METHODS: Case report from experience at an Air Force tertiary care hospital in a 50-year-old female smoker undergoing left upper lobectomy for lung cancer. RESULTS: Horner's syndrome resulted 18 hours after removal of an apical thoracostomy tube. CONCLUSIONS: Horner's syndrome caused by tube thoracostomy is a rare but real complication. One should avoid placing the tip of the tube in the medial thoracic apex with the intent of avoiding second-order sympathetic chain pathways. As evidenced by our patient with a delayed onset of presentation, malpositioned tubes should be repositioned before symptoms develop. Long-term prognosis is poor once Horner's syndrome develops. |
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Dennis F Zagrodnik; A Letch Kline |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current surgery Volume: 59 ISSN: 0149-7944 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Surg Publication Date: 2002 Jan-Feb |
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Created Date: 2005-08-11 Completed Date: 2008-04-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802123 Medline TA: Curr Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 96-8 Citation Subset: - |
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Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, USA; Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. |
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