title: Percutaneous drainage of recurrent pneumothoraces and pneumatoceles.
abstract: Thoracic trauma victims commonly sustain visceral pleural injury with resultant pneumothorax. These injuries usually respond to standard tube thoracostomy decompression and drainage. However, a subset of these patients develop recurrent and/or loculated pneumothoraces or pneumatoceles that are not readily accessible by tube thoracostomy. Percutaneous catheter drainage of these collections provides a safe and reliable method of management in critically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, University Hospitals, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Trooskin
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Santora
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*