Voigt H, Kluge E
Z Erkr Atmungsorgane. 1979;152(2):126-34.
The number of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax has increased in the last years. Above all young asthenics, often very tall, are affected. Smokers seem to be more endangered due to their cough-attacks in the morning. Beside them also patients with traumatic or iatrogen pneumothorax were more frequently seen. The therapy of the different form of pneumothorax is becoming more and more a surgical one, thus shortening the treatment time and diminishing the rate of recidives. In the first attack thorax-drainage is preferred; the second stage of therapy in the case of recidiv-pneymothorax is the thoracotomy. The so-called "idiopathic-spontaneous pneumothorax" which is to be seen in young people, is very seldom.
近年来，自发性气胸患者的数量有所增加。尤其是年轻的身体虚弱者，通常身材很高，容易受到影响。吸烟者似乎因早晨的咳嗽发作而面临更大的危险。除此之外，创伤性或医源性气胸患者也越来越常见。不同类型气胸的治疗越来越倾向于手术治疗，从而缩短治疗时间并降低复发率。首次发作时首选胸腔引流；复发性气胸治疗的第二阶段是开胸手术。在年轻人中出现的所谓“特发性自发性气胸”非常少见。
