After a patient experienced four pneumothoraces of her right lung over a 24-month period, the physician recommended a procedure to reduce the occurrence of future pneumothoraces. Which procedure would the physician have recommended?
a. Pleurodesis
b. Right pneumonectomy
c. Permanent right-sided thoracostomy tube
d. Right upper lobectomy
A
A pleurodesis involves placement of chemical or pharmacologic agents into the chest cavity to cause an inflammatory reaction to increase the adherence of the pleural surface to the inside of the chest wall. The procedure reduces the occurrence of future pneumothoraces.
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