Reduced risk of recurrent pneumothorax for sirolimus therapy after surgical pleural covering of entire lung in lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Abstract Background Patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) frequently experience pneumothorax. Although sirolimus is the standard therapy for LAM, its effect on pneumothorax is controversial. Recently, total pleural covering (TPC) and modified TPC (mTPC) were introduced as surgical treatment o...
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Main Authors: | Teiko Sakurai, Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Kensuke Kojima, Tetsuki Sakamoto, Yoshinobu Matsuda, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Hyung-Eun Yoon, Yoshikazu Inoue |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/fee158e7a1ac487b97531e02ca80e47b |
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