Method Retrospective revision of the files of the patients who presented with spontaneous pneumothorax and admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Main University Hospital of Alexandria, Egypt during the period from January 2005 to January 2015 was performed. Files were searched for association of spontaneous pneumothorax with primary pulmonary carcinoma. Patients who had spontaneous ...

Introduction: Primary spontaneous pneumoth-orax is a common clinical occurrence. Although primary spontaneous pneumothorax is twice as common in men as in women. The recurrence rate is significantly higher in women. The two primary causes for recurrence in women are catamenial pneumothorax and endometriosis related pneumothorax. In the past, catamenial and/or endometriosis related pneumothorax ...

Background: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is a relatively common condition in young adults. Although blebs and bullae are frequently found in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax, they are very rarely the actual cause of the pneumothorax. Objective: To assess our experience with chest computed tomography evaluation in patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax as compared to ...

OBJECTIVES To (1) determine the demographics of Chinese children admitted with primary spontaneous pneumothorax, (2) suggest how they may be quantified radiologically, (3) compare the difference in outcomes after their primary management by thoracentesis and chest tube insertion, and (4) review the local experience with surgical intervention for such children. DESIGN Retrospective, descriptiv...

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common clinical problem in emergency care. However, the overall incidences of primary spontaneous pneumothorax has been reported from as low as 1.4% to 7.6%. The clinical findings of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax can be variable. Clinical presentation is variable, ranging from mild dyspnea to tension pneumothorax. Bilateral tension pneumothorax ca...

Background: Although video-assisted thoracoscopy is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach to treating primary spontaneous pneumothorax, role of a chemical pleurodesis addition still under debate. This retrospective study compared results with iodopovidone and talc following thoracoscopic bullectomy for pneumothorax in juvenile population.

BACKGROUND There is no technique in general use that reliably predicts the outcome of manual aspiration of spontaneous pneumothorax. We have hypothesised that the absence of a pleural leak at the time of aspiration will identify a group of patients in whom immediate discharge is unlikely to be complicated by early lung re-collapse and have tested this hypothesis by using a simple bedside tracer...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous pneumothoraxes constituted 1/1000 hospital admissions. They are particularly one of life threatening health issues in combination with bilateral pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, repertory failure or COPD. OBJECTIVES The cases of spontaneous pneumothorax represent a significant portion of the patients profile within the chest surgery clinics. The risk of recurrent pne...

BACKGROUND Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a common clinical problem and its incidence is thought to be increasing. The risk of recurrence is high and various studies quote rates of 20-60%. Factors which may or may not predispose to recurrence have not yet been established. METHODS In a study period of four years 291 cases with a diagnosis of pneumothorax were reviewed; 153 patients...