Thoracotomy for Traumatic Hæmothorax Due to a Wound of an Intercostal Artery.

Posterior Intercostal Hemorrhage Following Median Sternotomy

“…Hemothorax due to an intercostal artery bleeding (IAB), spontaneous or traumatic, is well known and has traditionally been treated by thoracotomy 4 . The etiology of IAB includes two categories: (1) traumatic, by blunt chest wall or iatrogenic injuries; (2) nontraumatic or spontaneous, mainly pseudo‐aneurysms in patients with neurofibromatosis type I disease 5 .…”