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Chapter 1 of 1 · Evidence & Research
Pneumothorax management
Retrospective study of spontaneous pneumothorax management in adolescents
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What the experts said
The study was a retrospective analysis conducted at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
The study analyzed patients aged 12 to 18 years with spontaneous pneumothorax presenting between 2016 and 2021
The study included 59 patients total
The hospital protocol involved starting with simple aspiration, which if it failed, proceeded to VATS
33% of patients were treated with simple aspiration
66% of patients were treated with VATS
Patients treated with simple aspiration had a recurrence rate of 45%
Patients treated with simple aspiration had a median hospital stay of 20.4 hours
Patients treated with VATS had a recurrence rate of 25%
Patients treated with VATS had a median hospital stay of 3.1 days