[Surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax]

70 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax were treated surgically. They were cured without complications. The recurrence rate was 1.2%. The authors stressed the timely surgically treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax and suggested suture-ligature and incision-suture of lung bulla. Pulmonectomy should be avoided, while parietal pleura denudation, and chemical cauterization are used to prevent recurrence. Two patients with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax operated successfully were described in detail.