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Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Children
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Chapter 1 of 1 · Evidence & Research
Study overview
Retrospective Analysis of Spontaneous Pneumothorax Management in Adolescents
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What the experts said
The study is a retrospective analysis from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City examining spontaneous pneumothorax management.
The study population included patients between 12 and 18 years old with spontaneous pneumothorax between 2016 and 2021.
The institutional protocol was to start with simple aspiration and escalate to VATS if aspiration failed.
The study included 59 patients total.
33% of patients received simple aspiration as their treatment.
66% of patients ended up receiving VATS.
The aspiration group had a 45% recurrence rate.
The aspiration group had a median length of stay of 20.4 hours.
The VATS group had a 25% recurrence rate.
The VATS group had a median length of stay of 3.1 days.