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  • Title: [Indications and results of surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax].
    Author: Nicolai K, Plate H, Mokros W.
    Journal: Z Erkr Atmungsorgane; 1988; 171(3):230-4. PubMed ID: 3222974.
    Abstract:
    Between 1973 and 1985, 107 thoracotomies were performed in cases of spontaneous pneumothorax in 100 patients. Only in 3 patients we found a primary pneumothorax. In relation to the basic illness, the gravity of accompanying diseases and the frequency of relapses, we employed an graduated concept of treatment: Pleurocentesis, thoracodrainage, thoracotomy. The indication for primary operation was established in 10 patients and for sternotomy in 3 cases of simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax. There was a low frequency of relapses (1 patient) in comparison with conservative treatment. The frequency of complications in total was judged to be low.
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