[Strategy of treatment of patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: is active surgical treatment necessary?].
The diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography in treatment of bullous disease as the most frequent cause of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax was 55.5%, while that of roentgenography was 16%. The recovery of patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax treated by active surgical measures takes place in 85% of cases, while with drainage of the pleural cavity--in 65%.
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