Tuberc Respir Dis.  1982 Mar;29(1):22-29. 10.4046/trd.1982.29.1.22.

A Clinical Investigation of Spontaneous Pneumothorax

• KMID: 2528839
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1982.29.1.22

Abstract

The authors reviewed 124 patients of spontaneous pneumothorax who were treated in Jeonju Presbyterian Medical Center from 1970 to 1981. The following results were obtained: 1) Male was more frequently affected than female, and the ratio was 3.1: 1. 2) The incidence was highest in the age group from 30 to 59 (64. 5%). 3) The most common underlying cause was pulmonary tuberculosis(70. 2%), the next was unknown etiology (13.7%), and the third was pneumonia (8. 9%). 4) In tuberculous group, pneumothorax was more common in active tuberculosis (82.3%) than inactive or activity unknown cases, and more common in far advanced cases (79.3%) than minimal or moderately advanced cases. 5) The success rate of the various methods of treatment was as follows: bed rest 45.1%, needle aspiration 50.0% and closed thoracotomγ 84.8%. Mean duration for complete reexpansion of collapsed lung in above methods was 8.2 days, 7 days and 4.7 days respectively.