title: [Symptom: spontaneous pneumothorax. Indications for drainage therapy?].
abstract: Spontaneous pneumothoraces follow lesions of pleuropulmonary tissues. Improvements of diagnostical and therapeutical management seem to change the traditional way by using thoracic drainage-systems. What value does drainage-therapy still have?
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Stadt Ludwigshafen/Rhein.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kirschner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schönleben
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Symptom: Spontanpneumothorax. Indikation zur Drainagetherapie?