TY - JOUR AU - Ema, Toshinari AU - Funai, Kazuhito AU - Kawase, Akikazu AU - Oiwa, Hiroaki AU - Iizuka, Shuhei AU - Shiiya, Norihiko PY - 2018 TI - Incarceration hernia of the lung after video-assisted thoracic surgery requiring emergency operation: a case report JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 7 (July 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Lung hernia is defined as the protrusion of lung tissue through a bounding structure (1). There are a few reports of lung herniation occurring after a lung operation, but such cases rarely require emergency surgery (2). We here report the case of a patient who developed lung herniation after wedge resection, and required emergency surgery due to post-operative respiratory difficulty. In this patient, an aerial fistula developed when portions of the lung escaped the thoracic cavity after rib fracture, making air drainage via a thoracic drain ineffective, and causing the sudden development of subcutaneous emphysema, which required emergency surgery. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22368