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. 1989 Nov;48(5):651-3.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90782-0.

Thoracoscopic ablation of blebs in the treatment of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax

A Wakabayashi  1
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Thoracoscopic ablation of blebs in the treatment of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax

A Wakabayashi. Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

Recurrent (6 patients) or persistent (4 patients) spontaneous pneumothorax was treated with thoracoscopic ablation of blebs using an electrocautery as an alternative to lung resection. Patients' ages ranged from 17 to 39 years (mean age, 29 years). Ablation was successful in 9 but failed in 1. The mean postoperative hospital stay of the successful cases was 2.1 days. The only failure in this series had an extensive bullalike air cyst involving the apex, and cauterization could not ablate it completely. The follow-up period ranged from 2 to 22 months. During this period, no recurrence was noted.

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  • Thoracoscopic ablation of blebs.
    Chiu RC. Chiu RC. Ann Thorac Surg. 1990 May;49(5):851. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90051-7. Ann Thorac Surg. 1990. PMID: 2339951 No abstract available.

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