Borderline pneumothorax

• Authors: HORVÁTH Teodor; MORAVČÍK Petr; MITÁŠ Ladislav; BRAT Kristián; HUDÁČEK Kamil; ČAN Vladimír; DIA Martina; IVANECKÁ Dominika; IVIČIČ Jaroslav; KALIŠ Václav; KODÝTKOVÁ Alžběta; KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ Jitka; KŘENEK Adam; MAJERCAK Lukas; MERTA Zdeněk; PEŇÁZOVÁ Petra; DOSTALOVA Pavla; PLUTINSKÝ Marek; RINDOS Rudolf; SOCHOR Michal; VYSLOUŽIL Pavel; KALA Zdeněk; VOMELA Jindřich
• Year of publication: 2019
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/vats.2019.08.02
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/vats.2019.08.02
• Keywords: Pneumothorax; pulmonology; surgery
• Description: Extraordinary demanding case requires creative solution within expenditure of intellectual energy supported by mature experience, and discerning intuition. This all with single rule: patients benefit. Previous and subsequent sharing and exchange yield full-blown versatility. Pneumothorax in breastfeeding mother, brachial plexus injury caused by lysis of apical adhesions, support of pulmonary plication by autologous fascia lata in advanced pulmonary emphysema, dorsal chest tube insertion through first intercostal space, stubborn pneumothorax in a musician of brass band, successful conservative treatment by chest tube as an alternative of thoracoplasty, talc slurry solution in elderly man with life threatening pncumothorax from advanced lung cancer decay cavity, and in young woman afflicted by lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) are briefly reported.