[Surgical treatment of open pneumothorax].
An analysis of clinical observations shows the successful treatment of most patients with open pneumothorax to be possible under conditions of urgent suturing of the wound defect of the chest, drainage of the pleural cavity and antishock therapy. Thoracotomy is necessary for a small amount of the patients.
D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*
Khirurgicheskoe lechenie otkrytogo pnevmotoraksa.