Retreatment after primary spontaneous pneumothoraxes managed with primary tube thoracostomy or surgery.

Valtteri A VilkkiVille KytöVesa VilkkiJarmo M Gunn

Published in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2024)

Reintervention rates and repeat hospital visits after TT and surgery were surprisingly high at long-term follow-up. Occurrences of retreatment and reoperation were significantly higher among primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients treated with TT at index hospitalization than among patients treated with surgery.

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