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. 2011 Jan 17;2011:1505.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Hospital stay

RCT
108 people with large primary spontaneous pneumothorax or primary spontaneous pneumothorax that had failed aspiration Mean hospital stay
8.0 days with thoracoscopic surgery plus talcum powder instillation
7.4 days with chest-tube drainage

Significance assessment not performed