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Unilateral pulmonary oedema of the contralateral lung following transaxillary sympathectomy
Author(s) -
COHEN J. D.,
LOEWINGER J.,
ZELIKOVSKI A.,
GASSNER S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09715.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sympathectomy , lung , anesthesia , pulmonary oedema , pulmonary edema , surgery
Summary A previously healthy young male developed unilateral pulmonary oedema immediately after re‐expansion of an intentionally collapsed lung after transaxillary sympathectomy. The pulmonary oedema was localised to the contralateral, uncollapsed lung.