Population
14-year-old girl with congenital complete absence of the left pericardium, funnel chest, and a bronchogenic…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
9 hours post re-operation
Authors
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Alerts to fatal dislocation risk from unrepaired pericardial defects post-lobectomy; single case leaves open whether routine repair prevents mortality.
Congenital absence of the pericardium must be repaired when discovered during thoracic surgery to prevent fatal cardiac dislocation after pneumonectomy or lobectomy.
Honda et al. (1985) studied this question.
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