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Treatment of Intractable Pneumothorax with Emphysema Using Endobronchial Watanabe Spigots
Prolonged air leakage is a major cause of morbidity in pneumothorax. When conservative management is not effective, surgery should be performed. However, surgery is not appropriate in patients with low pulmonary function. In these patients, occlusion of the airway with endobronchial blockers may be...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23772414 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.3.226 |
Sumario: | Prolonged air leakage is a major cause of morbidity in pneumothorax. When conservative management is not effective, surgery should be performed. However, surgery is not appropriate in patients with low pulmonary function. In these patients, occlusion of the airway with endobronchial blockers may be attempted under bronchoscopy. We treated two patients with prolonged air leakage using endobronchial Watanabe spigots under fibrobronchoscopy. |
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