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Intrathoracic fire during preparation of the left internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting |
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| Authors: | Martin Friedrich Theodor Tirilomis Jan D Schmitto Aron F Popov Suyog A Mokashi Marc Hinterthaner Gunnar G Hanekop Paul Zwaka Friedrich A Schoendube |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,University of G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany;2.Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital,Harvard Medical School,Boston,USA;3.Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,University of G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany;4.Department of Radiology,University of G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany |
| Abstract: | A surgical fire is a serious complication not previously described in the literature with regard to the thoracic cavity. We report a case in which an intrathoracic fire developed following an air leak combined with high pressure oxygen ventilation in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient presented to our institution with diffuse coronary artery disease and angina pectoris. He was treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery, including left internal thoracic artery harvesting. Additionally to this rare presentation of an intrathoracic fire, a brief review of surgical fires is included to this paper. |
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