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These procedures are required for the management of chronic or recurrent pneumothoraces. A chronic pneumothorax may be defined arbitrarily as one that has persisted for 5 days or more. Recurrent pneumothorax is an indication for surgical treatment when a second one has occurred on the same side or one has occurred after a pneumothorax had developed on the opposite side. It is also indicated after any life-threatening pneumothorax (such as a tension pneumothorax) or in people who are travelling away from medical services or in high-risk professions (for example, airline pilot).
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Wells, F.C., Coonar, A.S. (2018). Operations for Pneumothorax. In: Thoracic Surgical Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66270-1_25
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