Chemical Pleurodesis for Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax – A Comparative Study between Talc and Teracycline Pleurodesis

Md. Nazmul Islam1, Mohammad Kamrul Islam2, GM Akbar Chowdhury3,Md. Mofizur Rahman Mia4, Kazi Saiful Islam5, Zahidul Islam 6 , Md. Mobarak Ali 7

Abstract:
Background: Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax is a significant problem in the area of management of the chest diseases. An estimated recurrence rate of primary/secondary spontaneous pneumothorax is about 23-50% after the first episode and higher after the first recurrence. (Tschopp, 1997)

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