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If large amounts of air leak into the tissues around the head, the face can swell considerably. [8] In cases of subcutaneous emphysema around the neck, there may be a feeling of fullness in the neck, and the sound of the voice may change. [10] If SCE is particularly extreme around the neck and chest, the swelling can interfere with breathing.
If a serum or leak does not resolve (e.g., after a soft tissue biopsy), taking the patient back to the operating room may be necessary to place some form of closed-suction drain into the wound. In case of lumpectomy , the formation of a seroma at the lumpectomy site has been cited in medical literature as being beneficial, with claims that it ...
Post lobectomy air leak is a significant clinical problem, [5] and patients undergoing pulmonary resections often present with postoperative air leaks. [6] Other risk factors include infections, reactions to anesthesia, bleeding, pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula . [ 7 ]
The risk of the development of a lymphocele is positively correlated to the extent of the removal of lymphatic tissue during surgery (lymphadenectomy). [4]Surgery destroys and disrupts the normal channels of lymph flow.
An enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) is an abnormal communication between the small or large bowel and the skin that allows the contents of the stomach or intestines to leak through an opening in the skin.
The surgical procedure is the choice of the individual surgeon – the commonest being enucleation and resection. Massive blood loss can occur during surgery and may result in an operative mortality. Though liver resections can be safely accomplished in specialised units, occasional postoperative complications (bile leak) do occur.
Bleb leak – may cause flat bleb; leaking blebs can be revised with the use of ologen collagen matrix or bandage contact lens for several days followed by leak repair if necessary; Flat anterior chamber – reform to prevent corneal decompensation; can often be done in the office at the slit lamp with viscoelastics used in cataract surgery
A thoracotomy is a surgical procedure to gain access into the pleural space of the chest. [1] It is performed by surgeons (emergency physicians or paramedics under certain circumstances) to gain access to the thoracic organs, most commonly the heart, the lungs, or the esophagus, or for access to the thoracic aorta or the anterior spine (the latter may be necessary to access tumors in the spine).