nasojejunal feeding tubes are being used at an increased frequency, but it is not without complications that could be life-threatening. we report two cases of pneumothorax following small-bore feeding tube insertion into the pleural cavity, resulting in pneumothorax. we further discuss the potential measures that can be taken to prevent and treat this serious complication.

An epidemiologic study was done on spontaneous pneumothorax in women. Six hundred sixty-four patients with spontaneous pneumothorax comprising 409 with idiopathic pneumothorax (61.6 percent), and 255 with secondary pneumothorax (38.4 percent) were studied. By age, idiopathic pneumothorax had its peak incidence in the 20s and secondary pneumothorax the 30s. Secondary pneumothorax included iatrog...

have reported minimally invasive VATS using ECMO. The use of ECMO, however, has a potential problem with bleeding, especially when pleural adhesion exists. In the present case, we selected VATS under local and epidural anesthesia with preparation of ECMO, expecting less bleeding during the operation and early recovery after the operation. The procedure was well tolerated and the air leakage was...

BACKGROUND Pneumothorax is a well known complication of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), particularly in patients with advanced TB. METHODS At our national TB-referral hospital, we compared the medical records of 53 TB patients with pneumothorax and 106 TB patients without pneumothorax, seen in 2003 to 2008. We analyzed data on demographics; TB type (smear-positive, smear-negative, extrapulmonary...

Abstract Aims and objectives: Pneumothorax is a common finding after trauma and with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from a concealed pneumothorax detectable only by a CT scan accidentally, to a potentially fatal tension pneumothorax. Pneumothorax can gradually progress to tension pneumothorax and become an emergency, consequently, a timely diagnosis is essential. Most traumatic patie...

1 College of Electric and Information Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China, [email protected] 2 Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada L1H 7K4, [email protected] 3 State Key Laboratories of Transducer Technology, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, Anhui 2...

BACKGROUND Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening occurrence that is infrequently the consequence of spontaneous pneumothorax. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for the development of tension pneumothorax and its effect on clinical outcomes. METHODS We reviewed patients who were admitted with spontaneous pneumothorax between August 1, 2003 and December 31, 2011. Elect...

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study examined the correlation between pneumothorax detected by immediate post-transthoracic needle aspiration-biopsy (TTNB) chest computed tomography (CT) and overt pneumothorax detected by chest PA, and investigated factors that might influence the correlation. METHODS Adult patients who had undergone CT-guided TTNB for lung lesions from May 2003 to June 2007 at Seoul N...