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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*Simple aspiration | |||
*Open thoracotomy used to be the most commonly used surgical procedure along with wedge resection of the leaking part of the lung. | *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. | *Nowadays, video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery has widely replaced the open surgical procedure for spontaneous pneumothorax. |
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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
Management of pneumothorax depends on the following factors:
- Size of the pneumothorax
- Underlying disease/procedure causing pneumothorax
- Associated comorbid condition
- Type of pneumothorax (open/closed vs simple/tension)
First aid
- In all patients with chest trauma along with respiratory difficulty, following measures ahould be taken as the first line management.
- Maintaining the airway patency
- Assessment of breathing
- Prevention of circulatory collapse
- Oxygen therapy
- Patient should be positioned upright, unless there is a contraindication to it, such as spinal injury.
Oxygen therapy
Surgical techniques
Following surgical techniques are used to treat pneumothorax:
- Open thoracotomy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS)
Surgery
- Simple aspiration
- 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
Contraindications
References
- ↑ Gudbjartsson T, Tómasdóttir GF, Björnsson J, Torfason B (2007). "[Spontaneous pneumothorax: a review article]". Laeknabladid. 93 (5): 415–24. PMID 17502684.
- ↑ Haynes D, Baumann MH (2010). "Management of pneumothorax". Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 31 (6): 769–80. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1269837. PMID 21213209.
- ↑ Galbois A, Zorzi L, Meurisse S, Kernéis S, Margetis D, Alves M; et al. (2012). "Outcome of spontaneous and iatrogenic pneumothoraces managed with small-bore chest tubes". Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 56 (4): 507–12. doi:10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02602.x. PMID 22191997.
- ↑ Tsai WK, Chen W, Lee JC, Cheng WE, Chen CH, Hsu WH; et al. (2006). "Pigtail catheters vs large-bore chest tubes for management of secondary spontaneous pneumothoraces in adults". Am J Emerg Med. 24 (7): 795–800. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.04.006. PMID 17098099.
- ↑ Chadha TS, Cohn MA (1983). "Noninvasive treatment of pneumothorax with oxygen inhalation". Respiration. 44 (2): 147–52. PMID 6836190.
- ↑ Delius RE, Obeid FN, Horst HM, Sorensen VJ, Fath JJ, Bivins BA (1989). "Catheter aspiration for simple pneumothorax. Experience with 114 patients". Arch Surg. 124 (7): 833–6. PMID 2742485.