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18043828

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
Extensive subcutaneous emphysema (ESE) is not only disfiguring, uncomfortable and alarming for the patient, but can rarely be associated with airway compromise, respiratory failure and death. Traditionally considered a cosmetic nuisance, few reports on interventions to relieve ESE exist. Most interventions are too invasive and have not been widely used. Fenestrated catheters have been reported to be effective in ESE. We report our experience on microdrainage with a fenestrated catheter and compressive massage in a 50-year-old man with ESE following pigtail insertion for drainage of lung abscess. The apparatus is easily constructed and the procedure is simple, painless, minimally invasive, highly ef fective and cosmetically aesthetic. Placement of an underwater trap and visualisation of bubbling can be used as end-points for adequate compressive massage. Routine management with this catheter can be considered as the procedure of choice for ESE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0037-5675
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e323-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of extensive subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum by micro-drainage: time for a re-think?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India. visitsrinivasan@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports