Case Report
Simultaneous Bilateral Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
Table 2
Summary of the reported cases of simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax treated with surgical intervention.
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VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery : Two patients had unilateral VATS and tube thoracostomy on the other side. The other patient had unilateral VATS without any intervention on the other lung. All recurrence occurred in the un-operated lung. ¥: Prolonged air-leakage (>7 days) post-operation £: Eleven patients underwent ipsilateral transmediastinal approach instead of bilateral sequential approach : Five recurrences were from the ipsilateral transmediastinal approach group while the other six recurrences were fromthe traditional bilateral sequential approach group |