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Vacuum-assisted Closure Therapy for Treating Patients with Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema
Tak Hyuk Oh, Sang Cjeol Lee, Deok Heon Lee, Joon Yong Cho
Journal of Trauma and Injury 2015;28(4):276-279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2015.28.4.276
Published online: December 31, 2015
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University of Medicine, Korea. sflee@hanmail.net
Received: 19 November 2015   • Revised: 9 December 2015   • Accepted: 10 December 2015
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Subcutaneous emphysema is a benign condition following trauma (pneumothorax and oropharyngeal), cervical or thoracic procedures, and mediastinal infection. However, severe subcutaneous emphysema may be related to serious complications such as respiratory failure, airway compromise, and tension- related phenomena. Many alternative therapies have been tried to treat patients with this condition. We report our experience with vacuum-assisted closure therapy for treating patients with severe subcutaneous emphysema.

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