A retrospective analysis of treatment selection and risk factors of treatment failure and recurrence in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conservative observation with/without oxygen supplementation, aspiration, or tube drainage is selected as an initial treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax. In this study, we examined the efficacy of initial management for cessation of air leak and prevention of recurrence, with consideration of the degree of lung collapse.

Methods

Spontaneous pneumothorax in patients who underwent initial management in our institute between January 2006 and December 2015 were included in this retrospective, single-institutional study. Multivariate analyses were conducted to identify risk factors related to the treatment failure after initial treatment and those related to ipsilateral recurrence after last treatment.

Results

Of 668 episodes of 522 patients, 198 events were

SUBMITTER: Nakano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089842 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature