title: [Functional examination findings after parietal pleurectomy in patients with recurrent of spontaneous pneumothorax (author's transl)].
abstract: Eight patients with recurrent of spontaneous pneumothorax were re-examined sixteen months or more after a total parietal pleurectomy had been carried out. This re-examination included: 1. Detailed case history with emphasis on physical performance; 2. clinical findings; 3. Thorax x-ray at two planes; 4. Lungscintigraphy; 5. Spirometry. Following parietal pleurectomy, none of the patients exhibited any functional disturbance worthy of mention. This operative technique, perhaps modified as a partial parietal pleurectomy, can be recommended at this time as the method of choice for treating recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D013147:Spirometry; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse funktioneller Untersuchungen nach parietaler Pleurektomie bei Patienten mit rezidivierendem Spontanpneumothorax.