Challenging the Paradigm of Persistent Air Leak: Are We Prolonging the Problem?

What it found

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Which clinical factors are predictive of outcome in primary spontaneous pneumothorax management?BMJ open respiratory research · 2025
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2. Chest tube removal at different gas flows in prolonged air leak: a randomized non-inferiority trial.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2024
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3. New strategies in the management of pneumothorax.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025
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4. Malignant pleural mesothelioma associated with recurrent pneumothorax.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025
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5. Chest Tubes and Pleural Drainage: History and Current Status in Pleural Disease Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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6. Persistent pneumothorax treatment following congenital cardiac surgery by platelet-fibrin glue.Updates in surgery · 2024
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7. The contemporary management of spontaneous pneumothorax in adults.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2023
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8. Reply to Albert and DhooriaAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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9. The Answer May Lie in Avoiding the Underwater Seal Rather Than the Chest Drainage Tube.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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10. Reply to Albert and DhooriaAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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11. Pneumothorax: Challenging the Paradigm of Persistent Air Leak, but Where Is the Leak?American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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12. Pneumothorax: Clearing the Air on the Pressure-Dependent Airleak Hypothesis.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022
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Corrections and comments

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  Pneumothorax: Clearing the Air on the Pressure-Dependent Airleak Hypothesis.2022
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  The Answer May Lie in Avoiding the Underwater Seal Rather Than the Chest Drainage Tube.2023
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  Pneumothorax: Challenging the Paradigm of Persistent Air Leak, but Where Is the Leak?2023

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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