title: [Pneumothorax surgery].
abstract: Surgery remains the mainstay treatment of recurrent pneumothorax. We recall the therapeutic modalities and indications of surgery in case of pneumothorax. We then compare postoperative outcome, recurrence rate and chronic pain with regard to techniques and surgical approach. Current video-thoracoscopic or axillary thoracotomy procedures for bullous disease with pleurodesis allow a low rate of morbidity and recurrence after primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Vasculaire, CHU Avicenne, Université Paris-Nord, 93009 Bobigny. patrick.bagan@hop.egp-ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinod
authors.forename: M-D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Destable
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Feito
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Azorin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*