A doctor treated a patient with an open pneumothorax, where the chest wall was open and lung was exposed. Through a thoracotomy, which is surgery to access the chest cavity through an incision in the chest wall, the doctor retrieved a foreign body from the patient's chest. The doctor who performed the procedure and wrote about the case is Dr. Sijo K. John, a consultant minimal access surgeon at MOSC Medical College in Kerala, India.

1. An Intriguing Case of
Open Pneumothorax
– Thoracotomy &
Retrieval of Foreign Body
Dr. Sijo K. John
Consultant Minimal Access Surgeon
MOSC Medical College
Kerala, India