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Two cases of lung herniation treated by surgery or observation

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Lung herniation is rare. We describe two cases; one cured by surgery, and the other observed without surgery. A 61-year-old man underwent minimally invasive cardiac surgery for mitral valve plasty. Four weeks postoperatively, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed exacerbating lung herniation and emergency surgery was performed. A 75-year-old man with metastatic tumor underwent partial resection of the left lower lobe through a 10-cm access window. Three months postoperatively, follow-up chest CT revealed prolapse of a small part of the upper lobe at the site of incision. However, he remained asymptomatic and was observed on an outpatient basis.

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Keitaro Matsumoto has not received any research funding. Other authors have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Ryosuke Hara, Keitaro Matsumoto, Naoya Yamasaki, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Takuro Miyazaki & Takeshi Nagayasu

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

    Kiyoyuki Eishi & Takashi Miura

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Hara, R., Matsumoto, K., Yamasaki, N. et al. Two cases of lung herniation treated by surgery or observation. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 64, 629–632 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0556-5

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