Treatment of complicated spontaneous pneumothorax by simple talc pleurodesis under thoracoscopy and local anaesthesia

BACKGROUND: Complicated (recurring or persistent) spontaneous pneumothorax requires treatment either by talc pleurodesis with bullae electrocoagulation or, more aggressively, by thoracotomy or video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery. However, the relative merits of bullectomy, pleurectomy, and pleurod...

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Main Authors: Tschopp, J. M., Brutsche, M., Frey, J. G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758534/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9196514
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