Is conventional management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax appropriate?
- 1 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 69 (4), 716-721
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-020-01535-8
Abstract
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the recurrence rate after primary and secondary conservative treatments and to clarify the validity of current primary spontaneous pneumothorax management by comparing secondary conservative treatment and surgical outcomes. Methods Data from 166 patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax treated at a single site between September 2015 and March 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Patient characteristics of those who received primary conservative therapy (n = 166) and secondary conservative therapy (n = 28) were summarized. The outcomes from patients who experienced recurrence (n = 64) were compared based on those who underwent surgery (n = 24) and those who underwent secondary conservative therapy (n = 28). Results The post-treatment day 60 recurrence rate was 27.1 and 49.5% cases in the primary and secondary treatment groups, respectively, which was significantly higher after secondary treatment than after primary treatment with conservative therapy (p = 0.032). The post-treatment one-year recurrence rate was 13.5 and 57.9% in patients who underwent surgery and secondary conservative treatment, respectively; secondary conservative treatment resulted in a significantly higher recurrence rate than surgery (p < 0.001). Conclusions There is evidence for guidelines that recommend surgery for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax after primary conservative therapy based on its lower and more delayed post-treatment recurrence rate than secondary treatment with conservative therapy.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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