Simple aspiration of spontaneous pneumothorax.
A simple method of treating spontaneous pneumothorax by direct aspiration is described. For patients in whom this method was considered suitable the average stay in hospital was only three days and the discomfort and inconvenience of an intercostal tube were avoided.
D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction