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Table 4. Details on reoperations performed for prolonged air leak.

Gender, age (years)	Initial operation/access	Day of reoperation	Site of air leak	Reoperation	Predisposing factor	Day of discharge after reoperation
Male, 74	RUL for lung cancer/anterolateral thoracotomy	15^th	Suture line/interlobar fissure	Redo thoracotomy	Technical (failure to achieve aerostasis)	6^th
Male, 69	RUL for lung cancer/anterolateral thoracotomy	11^th	Suture line/interlobar fissure	Redo thoracotomy	Emphysema*	5^th
Male, 59	RUL for lung cancer/anterolateral thoracotomy	29^th	Stapling line/interlobar fissure	Redo thoracotomy	Emphysema*	4^th
Female, 24	Right-side VATS bullectomy and pleurectomy for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax	12^th	Stapling line/apex of the lung	Axillary minithoracotomy	Technical (failure to achieve aerostasis)	6^th
Male, 15	Right axillary minithoracotomy bullectomy and pleurectomy for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax	9^th	Stapling line/apex of the lung	VATS mobilization of the inferior pulmonary ligament and talc pleurodesis	Technical (failure to achieve aerostasis)	3^rd
Female, 44	Left anterolateral thoracotomy for recurrent secondary spontaneous pneumothorax—bullectomy and pleurectomy	10^th	Suture line/superior segment of the left lower lobe	Redo thoracotomy	Emphysema*	14^th

RUL, right upper lobectomy; VATS, video-assisted thoracic surgery. *, emphysematic changes were detected in preoperative chest CT scans and were noted in the pathology report of the resected specimen.