ReviewSurgery today2010
Preventing recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax after thoracoscopic surgery: a review of recent results.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Polyglycolic acid sheet covering to prevent recurrence after surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax: republication of a systematic review and a proposal by the guideline committee of the Japanese association for chest surgery 2014.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Larger polyglycolic acid sheet pleural covering to reduce postoperative recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Mechanical stress in a solid ellipsoid model of the lung after thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- A Rare Type of Pneumothorax Recurrence After Surgery, Caused by a Lung Laceration Next to the Adhesion.Cureus · 2024Article
- Non-stapling thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in young patients.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024Article
- Intraoperative OK-432 pleurodesis for preventing recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children and adolescents: a single-center experience.Pediatric surgery international · 2022Observational
- Risk factors of postoperative recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Clinical and pathological characteristics of spontaneous pneumothorax in women: a 25-year single-institutional experience.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2018Article
- New bullae formation in the staple line increases the risk of recurrent pneumothorax following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Pneumothorax in teenagers: reducing recurrence through resection of superior segment of lower lobe.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Influence of lung resection volume on risk of primary spontaneous pneumothorax recurrence.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Outcome and risk factors of recurrence after thoracoscopic bullectomy in young adults with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality.Canadian respiratory journal · 2017Article
- Air leakage on the postoperative day: powerful factor of postoperative recurrence after thoracoscopic bullectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2016Article
- What is an appropriate material to use with a covering technique to prevent the recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax?Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2014Article
- What factors predict recurrence of a spontaneous pneumothorax?Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2012Article
- Natural air leak test without submergence for spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2011Article
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Abstract
Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is now commonly treated with thoracoscopic surgery, which is associated with less pain and a shorter hospital stay than thoracotomy; however, in its initial stages, thoracoscopic stapled bullectomy resulted in an unexpectedly high incidence of postoperative SP recurrence. Thus, new thoracoscopic procedures, designed to be performed in addition to stapled bullectomy, were developed, which resulted in a gradual decline in the postoperative recurrence rate. We review the recent literature on SP recurrence after thoracoscopic surgery with these other surgical procedures. Pleurectomy and pleural abrasion have been performed for a long time with low recurrence rates; however, they cause the lung to adhere to the parietal pleura, often resulting in complications such as postoperative bleeding. Other surgical procedures that may be recommended to minimize the risk of recurrence are reinforcement of the staple lines using fleece-coated glue or an absorbable sheet. These procedures are now considered to be the thoracoscopic treatment of choice for SP.
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