Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective study between January 1980 and December 1990, with a mean follow-up of 6.5 years. SETTING: A tertiary-care university hospital with a referral thoracic surgical unit. PATIENTS: INTERVENTIONS: Tube thoracostomy, apical resection with either pleurectomy or pleural abrasion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Recurrence and outcome after surgical management relative to recurrence, complications, operative technique and mean hospital stay were evaluated by clinical review and questionnaire by an independent observer. RESULTS: No significant differences were noted between the two groups with respect to the incidence of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax after the first or second episode, and no significant differences were noted between the two operative techniques with respect to recurrence, complications, operative technique or death rate. However the mean hospital stay was doubled for group 2 patients (9.9 versus 4.3 days). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | P Ferraro, G Beauchamp, F Lord, C Emond, E Bastien |
Journal | Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
(Can J Surg)
Vol. 37
Issue 3
Pg. 197-202
(Jun 1994)
ISSN: 0008-428X [Print] Canada |
PMID | 8199936
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Blood Loss, Surgical
- Chest Tubes
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pleura
(surgery)
- Pneumothorax
(etiology, surgery, therapy)
- Postoperative Complications
- Pulmonary Atelectasis
(therapy)
- Recurrence
- Retrospective Studies
- Surgical Stapling
(adverse effects, methods)
- Thoracostomy
(instrumentation, methods)
- Thoracotomy
- Treatment Outcome
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