title: Management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: does cause matter?
abstract: The best treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is unknown. Since no prospective, randomised comparative studies between various treatment strategies, and only a few between various therapeutic techniques, are available today, the choice of treatment varies widely between specialties (pulmonologists versus surgeons), institutions, countries, and continents. In this paper, an overview of the current therapeutic approaches with respect to the underlying cause of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is provided.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Endoscopy Unit, Academic Hospital AZ VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, B1090 Brussels, Belgium. marc.noppen@pandora.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noppen
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods