Blunt Abdominal Trauma Combined with Postoperative Atelectasis and Mediastinal Shift: A Case Report - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.3 No.1, January 2016

Blunt Abdominal Trauma Combined with Postoperative Atelectasis and Mediastinal Shift: A Case Report ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102358 790 Downloads 1,456 Views

Author(s)

Suya Zhang¹, Hongshun Xu², Yubin Kou^1,2*

Affiliation(s)

¹Shanghai Baoshan District Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China.
²Mission Médicale Chinoise Du Maroc, Department of General Surgery of Mohamed V Chefchaouen Hôpital, Chefchaouen, Maroc.

ABSTRACT

Blunt abdominal trauma is a frequent emergency and is also associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Spleen is the commonest organ injured. In this study, we meet a special complication after splenectomy, atelectasis and mediastinal shift, and this is the complication with hemodynamic unstable. Without bronchoscopy, the patient is told to inspire deeply by blowing balloons with pressure 8 - 10 cm H₂O and recovered uneventfully.

KEYWORDS

BAT, Atelectasis, Mediastinal Shift, Splenectomy, Complication

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Zhang, S. , Xu, H. and Kou, Y. (2016) Blunt Abdominal Trauma Combined with Postoperative Atelectasis and Mediastinal Shift: A Case Report. Open Access Library Journal, 3, 1-5. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102358.

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