Unilateral pulmonary oedema of the contralateral lung following transaxillary sympathectomy

1 August 1991

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia

Vol. 46 (8) , 651-653
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09715.x

Abstract

Summary: A previously healthy young male developed unilateral pulmonary oedema immediately after re‐expansion of an intentionally collapsed lung after transaxillary sympathectomy. The pulmonary oedema was localised to the contralateral, uncollapsed lung.

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