1. Zusammenfassung der Literatur

2. Aktuell laufende Studien zu diesem Thema

Die folgenden randomisiert-kontrollierten klinischen Studien laufen derzeit:

• Vergleich Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) vs Thoraxdrainage:
  www.controlled-trials.com/mrct/trial/451545/intercostal+tube+drainage
• Vergleich Thoraxdrainage vs. engmaschige klinische Kontrolle bei okkultem Pneumothorax:
  http://www.controlled-trials.com/mrct/trial/392335/tube+thoracostomy

Zu weiteren laufenden Studien siehe: www.controlled-trials.com/mrct

3. Literatur zu diesem Thema

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