title: Outpatient treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax using an improved pocket sized Heimlich valve.
abstract: We report two patients, who have used Pneumostat to replace the conventional underwater seal drainage system for recurrent pneumothorax. Both patients had required repeated chest tube insertion for recurrent pneumothorax and needed a longer hospital stay. Both patients were able to be discharged with the Pneumostat device and were reviewed in outpatient clinic. Both patients had optimal clinical improvement and chest X-ray showed no residual pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fikri-Abdullah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajjad
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Adeeb
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000628:therapy*