Routine postoperative chest radiography is not needed after flank incisions with eleventh rib resection
Ali Fuat Atmaca, Ziya Akbulut, Serkan Altinova,
Alper Çaglayan, Mehmet Tuzlali, M. Derya Balbay
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.15, No.2, pp. 3986-3989, 2008
Abstract Introduction: We wanted to determine whether routine postoperative chest radiography is needed after surgery with eleventh rib resection.
Materials and methods: Data on 80 patients who underwent radical or partial nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy or adrenalectomy through 82 flank incisions with eleventh rib resection were collected and analyzed retrospectively.
Results: Radical and partial nephrectomies, nephroureterectomies and adrenalectomies were done through 47, 20, 6 and 9 flank incisions in 80 patients, respectively. Among these, one patient underwent a partial nephrectomy and subsequent contralateral radical nephrectomy, and another patient underwent simultaneous bilateral adrenalectomies. The intrapleural space was entered accidentally in 16… More >