05 September 2025
: Case report 
Postoperative Residual Pleural Space: A Risk Factor for Chest Wall Hernia After Thoracoscopic Surgery
Unknown etiology, Rare disease
Arpad Hasenauer
ABCDEF 1*, Anna Dambrosio ABCDEF 2, Sebastian Happ ABCDEF 3, Michel Christodoulou ABCDEF 1
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.947322
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e947322
Figure 3 Case 2: Computed tomography (CT) shows residual pleural space and incisional chest wall hernia. CT 5 months after video-assisted thoracic surgery apical segmentectomy reveals a residual space and subcutaneous air at the level of the fourth intercostal incision site (arrows), suggesting the presence of an incisional chest wall hernia.