Table 22.

E. Pneumothorax

Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
	Hospital	After discharge
13,514	67 (0.5)	27 (0.2)	146 (1.1)	13,115

Spontaneous pneumothorax
Operative procedure	Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
Bullectomy	2523	1 (0.0)	3 (0.1)	6 (0.2)	2770
Bullectomy with additional procedure	6428	4 (0.1)	4 (0.06)	9 (0.1)	7535
Coverage with artificial material	6220	4 (0.1)	4 (0.06)	9 (0.1)	7291
Parietal pleurectomy	22	0	0	0	27
Coverage and parietal pleurectomy	68	0	0	0	54
Others	118	0	0	0	163
Others	639	3 (0.5)	1 (0.2)	8 (1.3)	610
Unknown	2	0	0	0	9
Total	9592	8 (0.1)	8 (0.1)	23 (0.2)	10,924

Secondary pneumothorax
Associated disease	Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
COPD	2775	41 (1.5)	11 (0.4)	83 (3.0)	2644
Tumorous disease	173	5 (2.9)	4 (2.3)	10 (5.8)	160
Catamenial	178	0	0	0	176
LAM	37	0	0	0	37
Others (excluding pneumothorax by trauma)	759	13 (1.7)	4 (0.5)	30 (4.0)	706
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0

Operative procedure	Cases	30 Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
Bullectomy	718	4 (0.6)	4 (0.6)	12 (1.7)	690
Bullectomy with additional procedure	2243	32 (1.4)	8 (0.4)	53 (2.4)	2174
Coverage with artificial material	2152	29 (1.3)	7 (0.3)	48 (2.2)	2088
Parietal pleurectomy	10	1 (10.0)	0	1 (10.0)	10
Coverage and parietal pleurectomy	23	0	0	2 (8.7)	22
Others	58	2 (3.4)	1 (1.7)	2 (3.4)	54
Others	959	23 (2.4)	7 (0.7)	58 (6.0)	857
Unknown	2	0	0	0	2
Total	3922	59 (1.5)	19 (0.5)	123 (3.1)	3723

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