Subarachnoid-Pleural Fistula: Applied Anatomy of the Thoracic Spinal Nerve Root

Figure 2

Supine portable chest radiograph obtained 12 hours after resection of the Wilm’s metastasis shows the expected early postoperative appearance of the right pneumonectomy space, thoracotomy and bony resection of the 5th right posterior rib, midline position of the mediastinum, and predominantly air in the pneumonectomy space.