Title: Surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax
Abstract: Objective:To review the experience in surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.Methods:Retrospective study was carried out on fifty-nine patients(including two patients with spontaneous hemopneumothorax) with spontaneous pneumothorax admitted over the last 16 years.Symptoms included sudden chest pain,respiratory distress,shortness of breath,and serious dyspnea.The cause of the disease was a result of rupture of the plumonary bullae or hemopneumothorax,which was caused by a blood vessel in the ruptured visceroparietal adhesion.Fifty-nine patients had under gone 64 thoracotomies,and different methods for disposing bullae were applied to allow full expansion of the lung.Results:Fifty-eight patients survived 1-13 years who died of respiratory failure at the fourth day after operation.Conclusion:Surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax depends on the size and duration of the pneumothorax,together with a consideration of the etiology of the pneumothorax.The recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax is rare after surgical treatment.It is concluded that surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax is very effective and needs to be applied to the patients with spontaneous pneumothorax symptom at their earlier a stage and more actively.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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