Management of Localized Pneumothoraces After Pulmonary Resection With Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation Tindaro Gatani, MD, Nicola Martucci, MD, Antonello La Rocca, MD, Carmine La Manna, MD, Francesco Scognamiglio, MD, Rosario Salvi, MD, Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages 1658-1661 (November 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.092 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Example of postsurgical outcome (A) and (B) after right lower lobectomy demonstrating persistent localized pneumothoraces (patient no. 4). After failing medical treatment and physiotherapy, the patient was subjected to intrapulmonary percussive ventilation with satisfactory results (C) and (D). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1658-1661DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.092) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions