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Chest radiograph following decompression surgery

Chest radiograph following decompression surgery
The postoperative chest radiograph shows no evidence for pneumothorax and normal positioning of the right cupula of the diaphragm following right first rib resection via an infraclavicular approach for TCVO. The outline of the resected first rib is demonstrated (arrow, dotted lines).
TCVO: thoracic central venous obstruction.
Courtesy of Albeir Y Mousa, MD, FACS, MBA, MPH, RPVI.
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