Drainless thoracoscopic surgery should be avoided in primary spontaneous pneumothorax with pleural adhesion.
Chieh-Kuo LinKa-I LeongCheng-Hung HowHu-Lin Christina WangChao-Yu LiuPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2022)
Drainless thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is feasible but can be risky without careful patient selection. In our experience, the drainless procedure should be avoided in patients with identifiable pleural adhesion noted during surgery.