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KMID : 0351619670080020387
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Kyungpook Medical Journal
1967 Volume.8 No. 2 p.387 ~ p.390
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Sixty Cases of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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辛道觀/Shin, Do Kwan
崔大永/裵君稷/李在運/金鴻雄/Choi, Dae Young/Pae, Koon Jik/Lee, Jae Un/Kim, Hong Ung
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Abstract
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Sixty cases of spontaneous pneumothorax treated at Kyungpook National University Hospital from January 1, 1960 to Apr. 30, 1967 were re-ported.
Of 60 cases, 55 were associated with pulmonary pathology in which 39 were consisted of pulmonary tuberculosis. The remained flue cases were classified into the categoly of so-tailed idiopathis.
The ages were ranged from one to 89 years and approxmately 70% were in third and forthdecades. Sex ratio was predominant in male with 50 out of 60 cases.
The treatment was divided into three groups; 13 cases were treated with bed rast alone, 20 cases with needle aspiration and 27 cases with intercostal water seal drainage.
Days required for lull expansion of the lungs with bed rest, needle aspiration and intercostal drainage were 17, 7 and 2 days respectively. Recurrent pneumothorax developed in two cases among those treated with needle aspiration.
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