Florian Kocher

ORCID: 0000-0002-1027-4609 · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2018

VATS Partial Pleurectomy Versus VATS Pleural Abrasion: Significant Reduction in Pneumothorax Recurrence Rates After Pleurectomy

World journal of surgery ·doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4640-8

INTRODUCTION: Surgical treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) usually consists of bullectomy and any form of pleurodesis to reduce risk of disease recurrence. Whether pleurectomy is superior to pleural abrasion is still a matte…

case-report 2017

Recurrent pneumothorax in female patients after partial pleurectomy is an indicator for pleural endometriosis: A case series

·doi:10.1055/s-0037-1605413

Spontaneous pneumothorax can be associated with thoracic endometrioses in young women. Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is defined as recurrent pneumothorax in a period of 72 hours before or after the menses and mostly affects the right pleural…