Tuberculous Pneumothorax Treated by Aspiration and Gas Displacement
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Treatment of pneumothorax by simple aspiration.
Ten patients with pneumothoraces were treated by simple aspiration. Treatment was successful in seven after single or multiple aspirations. Only one of these pneumothoraces has recurred and surgical treatment was then required.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1928
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591572802100508