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Delayed Postoperative Bleeding Following Lobectomy Caused by the Sharp Tip of a Suture: a Case Report

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Journal Surg Case Rep
Specialty General Surgery
Date 2020 Oct 7
PMID 33025247
Citations 1
Authors
Tomoyuki Kawamura
Hisashi Suzuki
Moriyuki Kiyoshima
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Abstract

Background: Postoperative bleeding is a rare but serious complication occasionally caused by hard surgical materials, such as staples. Postoperative hemorrhage caused by sutures is very rare.

Case Presentation: A 75-year-old man with lung cancer underwent right lower lobectomy. Eleven days after surgery, he developed a haemothorax. Emergency thoracotomy revealed arterial bleeding from a pinhole injury in the parietal pleura caused by a monofilament non-absorbable suture tip used during the initial surgery.

Conclusions: Postoperative bleeding is a serious complication, and as sutures are often used in surgery, it is important to be cautious while using this material.

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