Table 22.

E. Pneumothorax

Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
	Hospital	After discharge
14,266	94 (0.7)	29 (0.2)	159 (1.1)	13,880

Spontaneous pneumothorax
Operative procedure	Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
Bullectomy	2465	4 (0.2)	1 (0.0)	7 (0.3)	2424
Bullectomy with additional procedure	7217	9 (0.1)	2 (0.03)	14 (0.2)	7123
Coverage with artificial material	7011	8 (0.1)	2 (0.03)	12 (0.2)	6924
Parietal pleurectomy	40	0	0	1 (2.5)	39
Coverage and parietal pleurectomy	63	0	0	0	61
Others	103	1 (1.0)	0	1 (1.0)	99
Others	636	7 (1.1)	1 (0.2)	8 (1.3)	584
Unknown	11	0	1 (9.1)	0	9
Total	10,329	20 (0.2)	5 (0.0)	29 (0.3)	10,140

Secondary pneumothorax
Associated disease	Cases	30-Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
COPD	2745	39 (1.4)	10 (0.4)	66 (2.4)	2625
Tumorous disease	156	11 (7.1)	4 (2.6)	16 (10.3)	147
Catamenial	200	0	0	0	199
LAM	39	0	0	0	39
Others (excluding pneumothorax by trauma)	797	24 (3.0)	8 (1.0)	48 (6.0)	730
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0

Operative procedure	Cases	30 Day mortality		Hospital mortality	VATS
		Hospital	After discharge
Bullectomy	693	10 (1.4)	5 (0.7)	19 (2.7)	673
Bullectomy with additional procedure	2359	25 (1.1)	9 (0.4)	44 (1.9)	2285
coverage with artificial material	2265	25 (1.1)	9 (0.4)	41 (1.8)	2197
parietal pleurectomy	7	0	0	0	7
coverage and parietal pleurectomy	31	0	0	0	29
others	56	0	0	3 (5.4)	52
Others	882	39 (4.4)	8 (0.9)	67 (7.6)	776
Unknown	3	0	0	0	3
Total	3937	74 (1.9)	22 (0.6)	130 (3.3)	3737

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