RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Surgical management of pneumothorax in cystic fibrosis.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 739
OP 740
DO 10.1136/thx.43.9.739
VO 43
IS 9
A1 Seddon, D J
A1 Hodson, M E
YR 1988
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/43/9/739.abstract
AB Twenty seven adults with cystic fibrosis who had had either a surgical pleurodesis or pleurectomy for the management of pneumothorax were studied. There were no significant differences in postoperative respiratory function, incidence of recurrent pneumothorax, or incidence of major postoperative complications between the two groups.