European Pediatric Surgeons' Association Survey on the Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Children.
Tutku SoyerAnne DarielJens DingemannLeopoldo MartinezAlessio Pini-PratoFrancesco MoriniPaolo De CoppiRamon GorterTakashi DoiSanja Sindjic AntunovicMohit KakarNigel J HallPublished in: European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie (2021)
Most of the responders prefer chest tube insertion in the management of first episode of PSP and perform surgical treatment in the second episode in case of underlying bullae more than 2 cm and recurrent pneumothorax. The surgeons performing thoracoscopy use more surgical pleurodesis and prefer shorter chest tube duration than the responders performing open surgery. The development of evidence-based guidelines may help standardize care and improve outcomes in children with PSP.