title: [Indications of surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (analysis of 35 cases)].
abstract: The experiences in surgical treatment of 35 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax were reported. In 34 cases bullae or blebs were found during the operation. The operation is simple (inducing pleural adhesion by smearing pleura with iodine after local resection of bullae and blebs and with good results. No relapse occurred during 1-13 years followup. We suggest that operation should be considered for treating spontaneous pneumothorax in such cases including failure of medical management, relapse within a short time and more than two relapses. Most of the patients with impaired lung function and bilateral pneumothorax can be treated surgically as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery Beijing Heart, Lung, Blood Vessel Medical Center.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous