THE purpose of this paper is to report a case of mediastinal, subcutaneous and probable subpericardial emphysema treated by recompression, with subsequent recovery. On February 11, 1958, a 19-year-old ...
On two occasions, air blown from a turbine drill became trapped in a major facial vein of a healthy woman during dental crown preparation, which could have led to life-threatening complications. The ...
Emphysema is a degenerative disease, developing gradually after many years of exposure to toxins or smoke, which destroy the alveoli, or small air sacks, in the lungs. Over time, the lungs lose their ...