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Post-pneumonectomy Empyema Due to Necrosis and Perforation of a Herniated Stomach

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Pleural complications after pneumonectomy occur not only in the early postoperative period but also several years after surgery. Post-pneumonectomy empyema (PPE) is such a possible complication that must be recognized and adequately treated. Sometimes the management of PPE can be extremely challenging because of an abnormal disease presentation and the critical condition of the patient. Herein, present you a unique case of an incarcerated diaphragmal hernia with stomach perforation and necrosis in a post-pneumonectomy patient with development of PPE.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Georgi Yankov

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care, University Hospital of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical University – Sofia, boul. Akad. Ivan Geshov 19, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Viktoria Ilieva

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Yankov, G., Ilieva, V. Post-pneumonectomy Empyema Due to Necrosis and Perforation of a Herniated Stomach. Indian J Surg 81, 607–608 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-019-01928-x

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