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The study aimed to determine the current practice of thoracic surgeons in the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in Saudi Arabia and to compare the results with the British Thoracic Society guidelines.
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This is a questionnaire-based study. The questionnaire included 41 questions and was directed to tho...
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... 1 demonstrates the demographic data of all participants. Twenty-eight questions with binary responses, that is, yes/no are shown in Table 2, while 13 are open-ended and are demonstrated in Table 3. Table 4 shows a comparison of responses by thoracic surgeons versus others. ...Similar publications
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This is a retrospective study of adverse events associated with preoperative computed tomography (CT)–guided hookwire or coil localisation. We analysed the experience and process flaws in resecting ground-glass nodules (GGNs) through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and determined the remedial strategy.
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A spontaneous pneumothorax, a potentially life-threatening condition, is a disease process in which air enters the space between the visceral and parietal pleural of the lung, thus increasing the pressures in that space. It can be diagnosed by both physical exam and radiographic testing. In this case, we present a 21-year-old, otherwise healthy wom...
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... Pneumothorax refers to the abnormal accumulation of air in the pleural cavity causing lung collapse, which is an emergency in thoracic surgeries and respiratory medicine [1]. The pleural pressure remains negative relative to atmospheric pressure throughout the entire respiratory cycle in a healthy person, but the introduction of air into this space in spontaneity or due to injuries or any other causes will result in the development of pneumothorax [2]. ...
... At present, chest X-ray examinations and CT scans were both alternative methods to confirm the diagnosis of pneumothorax [1,17,18]. Considering the radiation of X-ray and CT (0.013 mSv vs 3-10 mSv), EIT was attempted to continuously monitor lung ventilation at the bedside to reflect the severity of spontaneous pneumothorax in the present case. Interestingly, we found that bedside EIT could rapidly and intuitively exhibit the absence of regional ventilation caused by pneumothorax, and the index of right/left ventilation ratio (R/L) as well as GI was strongly correlated with the size of pneumothorax. ...
Pneumothorax is an emergency in thoracic surgeries and respiratory medicine. A technique is warranted for real-time monitoring of pneumothorax at the bedside so that rapid diagnosis and timely intervention can be achieved. We report herein a case in which electrical impedance tomography (EIT) was employed at the bedside to monitor lung ventilation of a patient with spontaneous pneumothorax during treatment. It was found that the affected side/healthy side ventilation ratio and global inhomogeneity were strongly correlated with the severity of pneumothorax. The use of EIT allowed intuitive observation of the effect of pneumothorax on ventilation, which helped the doctors make immediate diagnosis and intervention. After timely and successful treatment, the patient was discharged. This is the first case reporting a complete therapeutic course of spontaneous pneumothorax assessed with EIT. Our case demonstrated that EIT could monitor regional ventilation loss of the affected side of pneumothorax patients at the bedside, and dynamically assess the treatment effect of pneumothorax, which provides an important imaging basis for clinical pneumothorax treatment.
