Sources

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Blood gases

Chemical pleurodesis

Images of Open Thoracotomy from 1973

Lung Cysts, Spontaneous Pneumothorax, and Genetic Associations in 89 Families with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome. Toro et al., 2007. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, Vol 175: 1044–1053.

Lung wedge resection improves outcome in stage I primary spontaneous pneumothorax. M Czerny et al., 2004. Ann Thorac Surg, Vol 77:1802-1805.

Pleurodesis

Pneumothorax illustration

Pneumothorax, Iatrogenic, Spontaneous and Pneumomediastinum. Andrew K Chang, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center.

Pneumothorax

Pneumothorax

Thoracotomy