Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5197
Title: Horner's syndrome as a complication in thoracic surgical practice
Authors: Kaya, Şeyda Örs.
Liman, S.T.
Bir, Levent Sinan.
Yuncu, G.
Erbay, H.R.
Unsal, S.
Keywords: Complication
Horner's syndrome
Thoracic surgery
adult
aged
article
cancer invasion
clinical practice
controlled study
convalescence
female
Horner syndrome
human
incidence
major clinical study
male
medical assessment
patient selection
postoperative complication
pressure
priority journal
prognosis
prospective study
surgical injury
surgical patient
sympathetic trunk
thoracotomy
thorax injury
thorax surgery
tube
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Chest Tubes
Female
Horner Syndrome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Thoracic Injuries
Thoracotomy
Abstract: Objective: To determine the incidence, reasons and prognosis about Horner's syndrome in thoracic surgical patients. Methods: In this prospective clinical study, 933 adult patients were assessed between the years of 1998 and 2002. All patients who underwent chest tube insertion (n: 662 patients) or thoracotomy (n: 342 patients), or who had thoracic trauma (n: 268 patients) were routinely examined to detect of Horner's syndrome. The patients with Horner's syndrome due to the invasion of malignant tumour to sympathetic chain were not included in the study. Results: Horner's syndrome was detected in twelve patients from these 933 patients (1.3%). The considered etiologic factors were chest tube pressure in five patients, operative complication in two patients and trauma in five patients. In patients with chest tube pressure were fully recovered from Horner's syndrome but the remaining did not. Conclusions: Malposition of the chest tube is an important aetiological factor of Horner's syndrome, and it is reversible if the tube position is corrected urgently. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5197
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.09.014
ISSN: 1010-7940
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