Spontaneous pneumothorax. Actual aspects
Janík, M.; Belák, J.; Sauka, C.; Morochovic, R.
Rozhledy V Chirurgii Mesicnik Ceskoslovenske Chirurgicke Spolecnosti 78(3): 120-122
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-9351 PMID: 10466388 Document Number: 511214
Based on a group of 77 patients with 93 attacks of spontaneous pneumothorax the authors submit some unconventional views on this entity and recommend an algorithm of therapy. They assume that the "gold standard" of treatment is tubular drainage of the chest, and only if it fails, surgery is the method of choice.