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Null allele alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: case report of the total pleural covering technique for disease-associated pneumothorax.
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Jul 2012
Kusu Takashi, Nakagiri Tomoyuki, Minami Masato, Shintani Yasushi, Kadota Yoshihisa, Inoue Masayoshi, Sawabata Noriyoshi, Okumura Meinoshin
Abstract excerpt
A 44-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed as having null type alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, was admitted with right recurrent pneumothorax. She had undergone right visceral pleural strengthening and pleural adhesion-preventing surgery, the total pleural covering technique (TPC), with oxidized regenerative cellulose (ORC). Three years after the operation, she developed left recurrent pneumothorax and...
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