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• TITLE: Is VATS Bullectomy and Pleurectomy an Effective Method for the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?

  AUTHORS: Ramzi A. Addas, Farid M. Shamji, Sudhir R. Sundaresan, Patrick James Villeneuve, Andrew J. E. Seely, Sebastien Gilbert, Donna E. Maziak

  KEYWORDS: Bullectomy, Pleurectomy, Thoracoscopic, Morbidity

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.3, August 30, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Spontaneous pneumothorax, primary or secondary, is a common medical emergency for which specific indications for surgical intervention are well defined in selected patients. The traditional surgical approach has been by limited thoracotomy using axillary or posterolateral incision. With the advent of video-assisted minimally invasive technique in the last 20 years the traditional approach is infrequently used. The definitive operation to prevent recurrent pneumothorax by surgical approach requires bullectomy and parietal pleurectomy. The recurrence rate after the traditional open surgical approach has been low at