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Management of bilateral pneumothoraces after talc pleurodesis and unilateral lung volume reduction surgery

Author(s) -

Oral Akın,

Erdal Taşçı,

Güven Olgaç,

Cemal Asım Kutlu

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1510/icvts.2009.224931

Subject(s) - medicine , pleurodesis , surgery , lung volume reduction , talc , lung volume reduction surgery , reduction (mathematics) , pneumothorax , lung , pulmonary surgical procedures , pneumonectomy , lung volumes , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is one of the surgical options in the treatment of advanced emphysema and may also be considered as a 'bridge' operation to lung transplantation in selected patients. Although its long-term effects are still debatable, some patients significantly benefit from this operation. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax is one of the commonest complications of severe emphysema that necessitates an emergency drainage procedure. However, there is no satisfactory information regarding the management of this complication occurring after LVRS in the literature. This paper reports a case of bilateral pneumothorax three months after a unilateral LVRS that was performed following a contra-lateral talc pleurodesis for recurrent pneumothorax.

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