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International Expert Consensus and Recommendations for Neonatal Pneumothorax Ultrasound Diagnosis and Ultrasound-guided Thoracentesis Procedure
Published on: March 12, 2020
[Evaluation of thoracography for secondary pneumothorax in elderly people]
H Matsubara1, Y Miyauchi, T Kunimitsu
1Department of Surgery, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan.
Abstract:
The thoracoscopic surgery for patient with pneumothorax has been considered to be safe and easy. In recent years, there is a growing number of secondary pneumothorax due to advanced pulmonary emphysema in elderly patients. To confirm the existence of adhesion and the site of air leakage are important prior to surgery. In our institution, thoracography was performed before surgery in 9 cases of emphysema and secondary pneumothorax over 60 years old patients. The mean age was 72.2 years old and all patients were male. Air leakage and its site could be identified in 6 cases by thoracography. In the remaining 3 cases, adhesion sites were identified. There were no complications in all cases. The operation time was 117 minutes, and blood loss was 9.9 ml in average. The mean postoperative drainage period was 1.6 days and total hospital stay was 5.9 days. We conclude that the thoracoscopic surgery can be performed more safely by obtaining information of thoracic cavity using thoracography before surgery.
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