• J Cardiothorac Surg · Mar 2010

    Case Reports

    Intrathoracic fire during preparation of the left internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting.

    • Martin Friedrich, Theodor Tirilomis, Jan D Schmitto, Aron F Popov, Suyog A Mokashi, Marc Hinterthaner, Gunnar G Hanekop, Paul Zwaka, and Friedrich A Schoendube.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. m.friedrich@med.uni-goettingen.de
    • J Cardiothorac Surg. 2010 Mar 10; 5: 10.

    AbstractA surgical fire is a serious complication not previously described in the literature with regard to the thoracic cavity. We report a case in which an intrathoracic fire developed following an air leak combined with high pressure oxygen ventilation in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient presented to our institution with diffuse coronary artery disease and angina pectoris. He was treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery, including left internal thoracic artery harvesting. Additionally to this rare presentation of an intrathoracic fire, a brief review of surgical fires is included to this paper.

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