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Iatrogenic pneumothorax after breast reduction surgery caused by local anesthesia infiltration - a case report



Authors: Ristola Marko T., Koskivuo Ilkka, Giordano Salvatore

Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year: 2022

Journal: Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Journal name in source: CASE REPORTS IN PLASTIC SURGERY AND HAND SURGERY

Journal acronym: CASE REP PLAST SURG

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

First page : 72

Last page: 74

Number of pages: 3

ISSN: 2332-0885

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2022.2043753

Web address : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23320885.2022.2043753

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/174872771


Abstract
We present a case of a 44-year-old woman, who underwent bilateral breast reduction mammoplasty and suffered a unilateral pneumothorax that was detected postoperatively. Infiltration of a local anesthetic was considered the cause of the pneumothorax. We recommend a more tangential direction of needle placement when infiltrating a local anesthetic.

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