A Case of Pneumothorax Treated with Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis

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  • OAK Chul Ho
    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University Institute of International Health Cooperation, College of Medicine, Kosin University
  • JANG Tae Won
    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University
  • JUNG Maan Hong
    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University
  • CHUN Bong Kwon
    Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kosin University
  • WILSON Donald
    Department of Occupational Toxicology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health

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  • 気胸に胸腔鏡下胸膜癒着術による治療を実践した1症例

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Abstract

A 75 year-old male patient presented with exertional dyspnea that he had suffered for 7days. The chest X-ray showed right-sided pneumothorax. Closed thoracostomy was performed on the 1st day of hospitalization and repeated with talc sclerotherapy and lower-power suction, but neither could improve air-leakage. On the 14th day of hospitalization, thoracoscopy via pleurodesis was performed and the pneumothorax resolved. We report here on a rare case of intractable pneumothorax treated by thoracoscopic pleurodesis with talc.

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  • Journal of UOEH

    Journal of UOEH 33 (3), 225-230, 2011

    The University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

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