Patient: My son is 15 years old, 1.85 meters tall and weighs only 100 pounds. Last November, he had a pneumothorax and had two minor surgeries, but the doctor said he had to have open-heart surgery to cure it completely. I have to take the midterm exam this year, what should I do? What should I pay attention to in normal times? How can I gain weight? Thanks Reply: 1.A good idea to cure pneumothorax: completely close the pleural cavity; otherwise, even if the surgery will be possible to recur; 2.From the above idea: doctors are always looking for ways to make the dirty pleura and the wall pleura completely (at least most of them) adhere; 3.In our department, in the past 2 years, we found a kind of adhesives, which can make the dirty pleura and the wall pleura mostly (even completely) adhere. 3.In our department, we have found in the past 2 years that an adhesion agent is able to make most (or even all) of the adhesions between the dirty pleura and the wall pleura, and this method only requires the placement of a chest drain into the chest cavity, thus approaching or even achieving the effect of curing the pneumothorax; 4.During the follow-up consultation, we found that in the past 2 years, there was no recurrence of any pneumothorax treated with this method; 5.As for the more long-term effect, it remains to be observed; 6.If you do not want to do open-heart surgery, this method is by far the most effective conservative treatment method. 7.Any kind of treatment (including surgical treatment) will have the risk of recurrence, however, we hope that through our efforts we can achieve the results we all want to see; 8.Continue to contact.