OBJECTIVES To analyze the impact on the outcome of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) of delaying surgery in patients with previous episodes of pneumothorax. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 57 surgical procedures for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax. The cases were grouped according to the medical history. One group comprised patients treated surgically at the first episode...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax treated with talc pleurodesis. A follow-up study was undertaken in all patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax who underwent talc pleurodesis for prolonged air leak or recurrence using thoracoscopy. In total, 112 patients underwent pleurodesis and follow-up data was obtain...

BACKGROUND For treatment of pneumothorax in Korea, many institutions hospitalize the patient after chest tube insertion. In this study, a portable small-bore chest tube (Thoracic Egg; Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) was used for pneumothorax management in an outpatient clinic. METHODS Between August 2014 and March 2015, 56 pneumothorax patients were treated using the Thoracic Egg. ...

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a standard primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) procedure. However, its high recurrence rate compared to open thoracotomy problem. Therefore, various methods prevent have been developed. The present study investigated the risk factors for postoperative of PSP after VATS.

Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is usually attributed to the rupture of subplural bubbles and rarely associated with lung cancer. Pneumothorax may be first sign The most common possibility that SP complicates cancer mechanism tumour necrosis or, in separate cases, emphysematous bubbles. Lung should always considered as a possible cause MS elderly patients or heavy smokers. We report case an 75-ye...

An inorganic short chain polymer, poly(sodium phosphate), PSP, together with poly(allylamine hydrochloride), PAH, is used to fabricate layer-by-layer (LbL) films. The thickness, roughness, contact angle, and optical transmittance of these films are studied depending on three parameters: the precursor solution concentrations (10-3 and 10-4 M), the number of bilayers deposited (20, 40, 60, 80, an...

Spontaneous pneumothorax is infrequently caused by strenuous exertion. To our knowledge there has only been one case of spontaneous pneumothorax associated with weightlifting reported in the medical literature. We describe three consecutive cases of spontaneous pneumothorax associated with weightlifting. We postulate that spontaneous pneumothorax in these patients may be secondary to improper b...

OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the current practice habits among clinicians treating spontaneous pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula. METHODS Practice habits were determined by a randomized postal survey of 3,000 American College of Chest Physicians members. Group comparisons are performed by chi2 analysis with p<0.05 being significant. RESULTS Four hundred nine respondents (13.6%) in...