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DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9943
Chronic Spontaneous Pneumothorax Decortication after 130 Days
Publication History
Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)
The case of a 21-year-old male with neglected and protacted spontaneous pneumothorax is reported. Video-assisted thoracoscopy after 130 days showed the lung to be trapped solely by a thick pleurovisceral membrane, which required open surgical decortication. Chronic pneumothorax is a rare complication of spontaneous pneumothorax. This is the second report on a chronic pneumothorax solely due to a pleurovisceral membrane and the longest reported interval until decortication.
Key words:
Chronic Pneumothorax - Pleurovisceral Membrane - Decortication
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Received for Publication: March 4, 1999
Dr. med. Arnd Steffen Böhle
Department of General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery Christian-Albrechts-University Hospital
Arnold-Heller-Straße 7
24105 Kiel
Germany
Phone: +49(0)431 597 4586
Email: boehle@surgery.uni-kiel.de