Minimally invasive oesophagectomy and emerging complications: intercostal lung hernia.

We describe the first reported case of postoperative intercostal lung hernia following two-stage totally minimally invasive oesophagectomy for cancer, together with its successful surgical repair. PMID: 31845821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - December 16, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Davakis S, Syllaios A, Mpaili E, Sdralis E, Charalabopoulos A Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research