Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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1/2026
vol. 23
 
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Letter to the Editor

Spontaneous pneumothorax in fibrotic silicosis: lessons from surgical management

Vasileios Leivaditis
1
,
Sofoklis Mitsos
2
,
Konstantinos Grapatsas
3
,
Francesk Mulita
4
,
Athanasios Papatriantafyllou
1
,
Konstantinos Tasios
5
,
Elias Liolis
6
,
Andreas Antzoulas
7
,
Dimitrios Litsas
8
,
Panagiotis Dimitrios Papadopoulos
9
,
George Theofanis
7
,
Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos
10
,
Ioannis Panagiotopoulos
11
,
Periklis Tomos
2
,
Dimitrios Schizas
12
,
Manfred Dahm
1

  1. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Attikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  3. Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
  4. Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Eastern Achaia – Unit of Aigio, Greece
  5. John Radcliffe Hospital Emergency Department, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, UK
  6. Department of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  7. Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  8. Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Lamia, Greece
  9. Department of Surgery, Spital Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
  10. Department of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  11. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Greece
  12. First Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (1): 76–80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2026.160550
Online publish date: 2026/04/04
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