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. 2018 Apr 3;24(1):10.7196/AJTCCM.2018.v24i1.182. doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2018.v24i1.182

Table 2. Therapeutic indications (as performed in the author’s practice).

Bullous ligation
Pleurodesis
Pleurectomy
Decortication
Lobectomy
Pneumonectomy
Mediastinal lymph node clearance
Oesophagectomy (chest part; abdominal mobilisation of stomach performed laparoscopically)
Ruptured diaphragm
Clotted haemothorax
Trauma
Thymectomy
Mediastinal masses
Posterior mediastinal masses
Sympathectomy
First rib resection
Pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure)
Pectus carinatum (Abrahams procedure)