Tuberc Respir Dis.  1996 Jun;43(3):410-419. 10.4046/trd.1996.43.3.410.

The effect of 8 French catheter and chest tube on the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Chung-Ang Clinic, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Spontaneous pneumothorax have been managed with a variety of methods. The technique most frequently used is chest tube drainage. Small caliber catheters were first used in the management of pneumothorax complicating the percutaneous needle aspiration lung biopsy, and the try to treat spontaneous pneumothorax also has been reported. However, the value of small caliber catheters in spontaneous pneumothorax has not been fully evaluated. So, we tried to elucidate the efficacy of 8 French catheter in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax. METHOD: From January, 1990, to April, 1994, 44 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax treated at Chung-Ang university hospital were reviewed. The patients were sub-divide into 8 French catheter insertion group (n=21) and chest tube insertion group (n=23). We compared the presence of underlying lung disease, the extent of the collapse, the duration of indwelling catheter and complication between two groups.
RESULTS
1) The duration of indwelling showed no significant difference between 8 French catheter group and chest tube. But, complication after insertion as subcutaneous emphysema was developed in only chest tube group. (p<0.05) 2) In the primary spontaneous pneumothorax, all case of the pneumothorax of which size was less than 50% showed complete healing with 8 French catheter insertion. Whereas the success rate in patients with large pneumothorax (more than 50%) was tended to be dependent on the age. 3) In the patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax who were managed with 8 French catheter, the success rate was trended to be high if the underlying disease of pneumothorax was not COPD and if the patient was young.
CONCLUSION
These results show that 8 French catheter insertion probably was effective in the pneumothorax less than 50%, the primary spontaneous pneumothorax, young age or secondary pneumothorax not associated with COPD.

Keyword

Spontaneous pneumothorax; 8 French catheter

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Catheters*
Catheters, Indwelling
Chest Tubes*
Drainage
Humans
Lung
Lung Diseases
Needles
Pneumothorax*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Subcutaneous Emphysema
Thorax*
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