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0:03 good morning it’s Marcus Garcia and I’m
0:06 a consultant thoracic surgeon today
0:08 we’re going to talk about pneumo
0:10 tolerance or in simple term Lancome
0:17 so what is a pneumothorax as I briefly
0:20 mentioned already it is
0:22 a collapse partial or total of the lung
0:25 this happens when air escapes from the
0:29 lung and accumulates between the lung
0:31 itself and the chest wall
0:38 so sometimes I mask whether this is a
0:42 dangerous situation well it can be
0:45 because they are accumulating between
0:48 the lung and the chest wall might push
0:53 the heart towards the opposite side
0:55 imagine a pendulum in the which is your
0:58 art in the middle of the chest which is
1:00 completely pushed towards the other side
1:02 what happened is that the big blood
1:04 vessel will bring the blood back to the
1:07 heart get King so although the heart is
1:09 strong it will pump the empty
1:12 and there will be no circulation it is a
1:16 very very serious situation that needs
1:19 immediate treatment unfortunately not
1:21 all cases of pneumothorax
1:24 are like this and most patient
1:26 experience
1:28 a variable degree of shortness of breath
1:31 if this is something that is new to you
1:35 and you know you never read it before
1:38 please go and navigate to your nearest a
1:42 e especially if it’s a company to a
1:44 symptom like a pulled muscle
1:52 so how is this treated well in the most
1:56 majority of cases you can either
1:58 aspirate the Earth accumulates in the
2:01 inside the chest or you can put a chest
2:03 strain sometimes if they are leaks
2:07 continue over for several days then you
2:10 need the surgery surgery is done by
2:13 Keyhole approach and consists in
2:15 removing a tiny bit of the lung and also
2:18 making the lung stick to the chest wall
2:26 another question that I’m also asked is
2:29 whether the pneumothorax can come back
2:31 yes it can after surgery but only in a
2:35 very very small percentage of patient if
2:38 that is the case there are still things
2:40 that we can do to further reduce the
2:43 risk of recurrence
2:45 again if you have any question about the
2:47 pneumothorax or if you’re worried about
2:51 please get in touch for a more detailed
2:54 consultation
