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Podcast: Stay Current in Pediatric Surgery
Episode: Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Description: This podcast is an interactive discussion about the management of spontaneous pneumothorax between Dr. Todd Ponsky and Dr. Dan Ostlie.
Dr. Ostlie is Surgeon-in-Chief, Chair of Surgery, and Executive Vice-President at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and has helped carry out multiple studies looking at the optimal way to manage spontaneous pneumothorax in pediatric patients.
00:00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:24:19 Case Scenario: 16-year-old male with right-sided chest pain
00:02:21:12 Historical Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
00:05:01:18 What We Know Now
00:07:29:03 Option of Immediate VATS
00:08:58:07 Midwest Consortium
00:10:27:03 Rationale of Aspiration
00:12:16:03 Aspiration Study from Midwest Consortium
00:17:30:26 Algorithm from the Aspiration Study
00:17:53:20 Outcomes in Patients Discharged Home after Aspiration Alone
00:20:18:14 How wo...