The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
Online ISSN : 1881-4158
Print ISSN : 0919-0945
ISSN-L : 0919-0945
Spontaneous pneumothorax developing in the 25th gestational week, and conservative treatment over 12 weeks: A case report
Kota ImashimizuToshiro FutagawaHironori MatsuzawaKenji Suzuki
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2011 Volume 25 Issue 6 Pages 626-629

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A 37-year-old woman developed spontaneous pneumothorax of the right lung in the 25th gestational week. We employed conservative techniques rather than surgery. The chest tube was replaced repeatedly to prevent infection. She delivered a healthy normal female infant on labor induction using an epidural anesthetic under chest drainage in the 37th gestational week. Video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy was performed 4 days after delivery. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged on the 7th post-operative day. We managed conservative techniques over 12 weeks without causing wound infection or empyema.
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