title: A case of pneumothorax treated with thoracoscopic pleurodesis.
abstract: A 75 year-old male patient presented with exertional dyspnea that he had suffered for 7 days. The chest X-ray showed right-sided pneumothorax. Closed thoracostomy was performed on the 1st day of hospitalization and repeated with talc sclerotherapy and lower-power suction, but neither could improve air-leakage. On the 14th day of hospitalization, thoracoscopy via pleurodesis was performed and the pneumothorax resolved. We report here on a rare case of intractable pneumothorax treated by thoracoscopic pleurodesis with talc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Seo-Gu, Busan, 602-030, Korea.
authors.forename: Chul Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Oak
authors.forename: Tae Won
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Maan Hong
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Bong Kwon
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000628:therapy*; D013906:Thoracoscopy