%0 Journal Article
%T Use of imaging studies to predict postoperative recurrences of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
%A Hyun Woo Jeon
%A Sung Bo Sim
%A Young-Du Kim
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2020
%R 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.46
%X Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a relatively common event in young and predominantly male adults (men: 18¨C28 per 100,000; women: 1¨C9.8 per 100,000) (1-3). Most of the patients are healthy, showing no underlying lung disease. Emergency situations are quite rare, but the potential for recurrence is troublesome. At 1 year, the rate of recurrence is ~30% (4,5). Subpleural blebs or bullae are the primary cause of PSP, and bullectomy with pleural procedure is the most curative means of treatment (6)
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