Is surgery a risk factor for contralateral recurrence pneumothorax in adolescent with primary spontaneous pneumothorax?

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Henglun LiangGuimian Zhong

Abstract

Controversy exists regarding the justification of primary surgery in primary spontaneous pneumothorax, and surgery is not free from recurrence. We hypothesized that surgery is a risk factor for contralateral recurrence pneumothorax in adolescent. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 163 adolescent with pneumothorax who were treated conservatively with chest tube (n = 100) or chest tube followed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (n = 63) from January 2009 through December 2017. Ipsilateral recurrence was significantly more common following conservative treatment than surgical treatment (25.0 vs. 3.2%, P < 0.001), while contralateral recurrence was more common in the surgical group than in the conservative group (15.9 vs. 6.0%, P = 0.039). The rates of second episode pneumothorax did not significantly differ between the two treatment groups (P = 0.092). Univariate analysis identified that patients who were treated conservatively had greater risk of ipsilateral recurrence (P = 0.002), while those who proceeded to surgery had greater risk of contralateral recurrence (P = 0.046). No predictors for second episode pneumothorax were found. To avoid over treatment, we recommend that conservative treatment should be the sup...Continue Reading

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