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[A case of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax]
1Department of Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Sumoto, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 18-year-old man was admitted urgently complaining dyspnea, cyanosis and chest pain. The chest x-ray film revealed simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax. Chest drains were inserted immediately to the both chest cavities. On the 3 rd hospital day, radical operation for spontaneous pneumothorax with synchronous bilateral thoracotomies were performed through both axillary incision. Postoperative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged on the 8 th day after operation.