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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Pneumomediastinum is considered a benign condition and does not require surgical intervention in uncomplicated cases. Surgical treatment varies from minor skin incision or chest tube drainage to major VATS(Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) or thoracotomy depending on the amount and location of air present in the mediastinum. | |||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*Pneumomediastinum is considered a benign condition and does not require surgical intervention in uncomplicated cases. | |||
*Malignant pneumomediastinum<ref name="pmid19748792">{{cite journal |vauthors=Perna V, Vilà E, Guelbenzu JJ, Amat I |title=Pneumomediastinum: is this really a benign entity? When it can be considered as spontaneous? Our experience in 47 adult patients |journal=Eur J Cardiothorac Surg |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=573–5 |date=March 2010 |pmid=19748792 |doi=10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.08.002 |url=}}</ref>:. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Trusha Tank, M.D.[2]
Overview
Pneumomediastinum is considered a benign condition and does not require surgical intervention in uncomplicated cases. Surgical treatment varies from minor skin incision or chest tube drainage to major VATS(Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) or thoracotomy depending on the amount and location of air present in the mediastinum.
Surgery
- Pneumomediastinum is considered a benign condition and does not require surgical intervention in uncomplicated cases.
- Malignant pneumomediastinum[1]:.
References
- ↑ Perna V, Vilà E, Guelbenzu JJ, Amat I (March 2010). "Pneumomediastinum: is this really a benign entity? When it can be considered as spontaneous? Our experience in 47 adult patients". Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 37 (3): 573–5. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.08.002. PMID 19748792.