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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children: factors predicting recurrence and contralateral occurrence.

Glenn Yang Han NgShireen Anne NahOon Hoe TeohLin Yin Ong
Published in: Pediatric surgery international (2020)
This is the first study demonstrating that surgery at first presentation appears to predict for occurrence of PSP on the contralateral lung. CT appears to be ineffective in detecting blebs and predicting PSP occurrence.
Keyphrases
  • risk assessment
  • minimally invasive
  • young adults
  • computed tomography
  • coronary artery bypass
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • contrast enhanced
  • case report
  • magnetic resonance
  • positron emission tomography