title: [Effectiveness of Portable Thoracic Drainage Kit for Outpatient Treatment of Spontaneous Pneumothorax].
abstract: The demand for outpatient management of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) has been increased, therefore we evaluated the effectiveness of Thoracic Egg(TE), a portable thoracic drainage kit for SP. We studied 43 SP patients who had received TE treatment between May 2008 and October 2010. Ages were ranged 12~73 years (mean:29.1), with 39 males, 4 females, 25 had primary, 18 had recurrent, pneumothorax. Of the 43 patients, 23 were treated outpatient therapy with TE only, 20 were required hospitalization for persistent air leakage, poor expansion or intent to surgery. Surgical intervention was undergone in 18 patients for persistent air leaks or recurrent pneumothorax. The average length of treatment was 8.4 days for outpatient therapy only cases. Of 25 patients who had primary SP, 18( 72%) were not required hospitalization. Outpatient therapy using TE was considered very useful for SP, especially for primary cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Koutaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D055815:Young Adult