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Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax Recurrence Prevention: General Type of Surgical Approach

Choice of general operative approach (order of preference)

Preferred approach: Thoracoscopy (medical or surgical) (very good consensus)
Certain circumstances: Muscle-sparing thoracotomy (axillary sparing)
Acceptable rarely: Lateral thoracotomy

Primary Data

Table 20—General Type of Surgical Approach to Spontaneous Pneumothorax Recurrence Prevention

 

Other Information

Choice of intraoperative approach?

Operative Spontaneous Pneumothorax Recurrence Prevention: Type of Bullectomy and Pleurodesis

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