Clinical Study
Evaluation of Spontaneous Pneumothorax Surgeries: A 16-Year Experience in Japan
Table 3
Distribution of recurrence rates by age.
| | Age (years) | Total | <20 | 20 to <40 | 40 to <60 | 60 to <80 | ≥80 |
| Thoracotomy () | | | | | | 3.5% (5/143) |
| Thoracoscopic bullectomy () | 32.3% (10/31) | 11.5% (6/52) | 0% (0/21) | 25% (2/8) | 0% (0/0) | 16.1% (18/112) |
| Thoracoscopic loop ligation () | 8.3% (17/206) | 4.4% (14/318) | 5.3% (4/76) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/9) | 5.3% (35/658) |
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