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Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of pneumothorax.<ref name="pmid17502684">{{cite journal| author=Gudbjartsson T, Tómasdóttir GF, Björnsson J, Torfason B| title=[Spontaneous pneumothorax: a review article]. | journal=Laeknabladid | year= 2007 | volume= 93 | issue= 5 | pages= 415-24 | pmid=17502684 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17502684  }} </ref>
Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of pneumothorax.<ref name="pmid17502684">{{cite journal| author=Gudbjartsson T, Tómasdóttir GF, Björnsson J, Torfason B| title=[Spontaneous pneumothorax: a review article]. | journal=Laeknabladid | year= 2007 | volume= 93 | issue= 5 | pages= 415-24 | pmid=17502684 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17502684  }} </ref>
===Surgical techniques===
==Surgical techniques==
Following surgical techniques are used to treat pneumothorax:
Following surgical techniques are used to treat pneumothorax:
*Open thoracotomy
*Open thoracotomy

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Overview

Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of [disease name].

OR

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with [disease name]. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either [indication 1], [indication 2], and [indication 3]

OR

The mainstay of treatment for [disease name] is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either [indication 1], [indication 2], and/or [indication 3].

OR

The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of [malignancy] at diagnosis.

OR

Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy].

Indications

Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of pneumothorax.[1]

Surgical techniques

Following surgical techniques are used to treat pneumothorax:

  • Open thoracotomy
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS)

Surgery

  • Open thoracotomy used to be the most commonly used surgical procedure along with wedge resection of the leaking part of the lung.
  • Nowadays, video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery has widely replaced the open surgical procedure for spontaneous pneumothorax.

Tube thoracotomy

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Complications of the procedure

  • Injury to lung or mediastinum,
  • Excessive bleeding most likely from intercostal artery injury
  • Neurovascular bundle injury
  • Infection
  • Bronchopleural fistula

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References

  1. Gudbjartsson T, Tómasdóttir GF, Björnsson J, Torfason B (2007). "[Spontaneous pneumothorax: a review article]". Laeknabladid. 93 (5): 415–24. PMID 17502684.

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