SURGERY OF PNEUMOTHORAX: WHAT IS THE MISSING ARC?

摘要: Background:Pneumothorax is a global disease. Management options include conservative and interventional either immediate as needle aspiration, small catheter or chest tube and invasive surgical treatment via open surgery VATS. The missing arc! There general agreement in superiority of VATS over thoracotomy for spontaneous pneumothorax. Surgery pneumothorax still have different points which varying guidelines available not listed at all. There no consensus about guidelines. In this review we try to analyze new evidence practice emerging since the last guidelines managing pneumothorax Conclusion:With advancement make one need.