MASSIVE PULMONARY COLLAPSE DURING THORACOTOMY

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Abstract
A case is described of an incident of acute massive collapse of one lung which was seen to occur in a 28-year-old woman at operation for mitral valvotomy. The endotracheal tube was satisfactorily placed and no abnormality was found on bronchoscopy. The lung slowly expanded during manual inflation with very high pressures assisted by surgical massage of gas from the re-expanded to the collapsed lobules. Recovery was uneventful.

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