Pneumomediastinum and Bilateral Pneumothoraces Causing Respiratory Failure after Thyroid Surgery

We report the first case of severe respiratory failure after thyroid surgery requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO). The patient was a 41-year-old woman with metastatic thyroid cancer. She underwent thyroidectomy, including left lateral and bilateral central neck dissectio...

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Published in:Case Rep Anesthesiol
Main Authors: Koeppen, Michael, Scott, Benjamin, Morabito, Joseph, Fiegel, Matthew, Eckle, Tobias
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421092/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28523194
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8206970
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