[Surgical treatment of pneumothorax].

Abstract

Complex therapy of pneumothorax is a multidisciplinary task. The point is: the etiology of pneumothorax is different but the resulting risk for the patient is always the same. Therefore, there is necessity of cooperation of several medical branches in causal therapy. The authors present experience with pneumothorax therapy in Cardiosurgical Department in 5-year interval in 101 patients, where they carried out surgical as well as conservative therapy approaches.