[Pleurodesis using autologous blood plus OK-432 for intractable spontaneous pneumothorax with high surgical risk].
Air leakage persisted from the lung in three cases of spontaneous pneumothorax. Pleurodesis with autologous blood ended in failure. Autologous blood plus OK-432 was instilled into the thoracic cavity from the chest drainage tube. Air leakage was stopped without serious side effects and the chest tube was removed uneventfully. Although the long-term outcome of this treatment is not known, pleurodesis using autologous blood plus OK-432 may be an effective way of treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax in cases with high surgical risk.
Takeda
Tomoshi
T
The Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital.
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Eisaku
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Inoue
Tetsuro
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Sakuramoto
Minoru
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Minakuchi
Masayoshi
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Maeda
Yuji
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Maniwa
Ko
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Terada
Kunihiko
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Goto
Shunsuke
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Tanizawa
Kiminobu
K
Okamoto
Masaki
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Noma
Satoshi
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Taguchi
Yoshio
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