Lung Cancer
Healing of Post-Operative Tracheal Disruption in a Patient with Thymic Carcinoma on Adjuvant Immunotherapy
By Lubisich J, Keshava HB, Harris JP and 5 others.
Abstract
Pneumomediastinum from tracheal perforations due to primary repair breakdown can occur as a complication of thymic cancer surgery. Immunotherapy may be a viable adjuvant treatment for thymic carcinoma patients with tracheal perforations.
Keywords
- checkpoint inhibitors
- perioperative care
- thymic carcinoma
- tracheal injury
Source
Published in Lung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.). The abstract is shown as published and remains the work of its authors; read the full article at the source.
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