TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Outpatient drainage therapy with a thoracic vent for traumatic pneumothorax due to bull attack
JO  - Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, The
A1  - Sano, Atsushi
A1  - Tsuchiya, Takehiro
A1  - Nagano, Masaaki
SP  - 563
EP  - 565
VL  - 47
IS  - 6
N2  - Outpatient drainage therapy is generally indicated for spontaneous pneumothoraces. A 63-year-old man, who had been attacked by a bull sustaining injuries on the right side of his chest, was referred to the emergency room with dyspnea. His chest X-ray showed a small pneumothorax. The next day, a chest X-ray demonstrated that his pneumothorax had worsened, although no hemothorax was identified. Outpatient drainage therapy with a thoracic vent was initiated. The air leak stopped on the third day and the thoracic vent was removed on the sixth day. Thoracic vents can be a useful modality for treating traumatic pneumothorax without hemothorax.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2233-601X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.6.563
ID  - ref1
ER  -