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Vestn Khir Im I I Grek
; 123(11): 9-13, 1979 Nov.
Article
in Russian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-524675
ABSTRACT
The authors analyze the treatment of 74 patients with non-specific spontaneous pneumothorax. Relapses were observed in 6.7% of cases. The authors have shown that a partial pneumothorax should be treated actively and conservatively. By this method in 61 of 74 patients (82,6%) the lungs were expanded. Operations were performed in 13 patients. The surgical treatment is indicated in complete pneumothorax complicated by stable collapse of the lung, continuous intrapleural hemorrhage and suppuration of the pleural cavity.