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[Spontaneous pneumothorax. Graduated concept of surgical therapy]
D Kupczyk-Joeris1, V Schumpelick
1Chirurgische Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen.
Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The clinical course of 83 patients suffering from spontaneous pneumothorax lead to a modified surgical therapy according to the development of the underlying disease. The indication for non operative therapy, thoracic tube drainage, thoracic endoscopic methods and treatment by thoracotomy are defined and change of treatment from non-invasive procedures described in detail.