Polyglactin mesh in preventing recurrent pneumothorax in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a retrospective efficacy study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At present, surgical bullectomy together with pleurodesis has the highest efficacy in terms of preventing the recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). There is still debate in the type of pleurodesis. In this study, we aim to investigate the efficacy of polyglactin mesh covering comparing to the standard surgical pleurodesis.

Methods

This is a retrospective study collecting PSP patients who underwent bullectomy with pleurodesis between January 2016 and August 2023. The patients were divided into two groups as mesh and non-mesh group. Propensity score-matching analysis (1:1) was performed to balance the patient characteristics. The primary outcome was the pneumothorax recurrence after the index operation analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method. Operative and p

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12592006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature