Table 24
9. Operation for non-neoplasmic disease
(E) Pneumothorax
| Cases | 30 day mortality | Hospital mortality | By VATS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | After discharge | ||||
| (E) Pneumothorax | 14,612 | 29 (0.2) | 2 (0.01) | 49 (0.3) | 13,961 |
| Spontaneous pneumothorax | |||||
| Operative procedure | |||||
| Bullectomy | 3049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2912 |
| Bullectomy with additional procedure | 8394 | 2 (0.02) | 1 (0.01) | 3 (0.04) | 8271 |
| Coverage with artificial material | 8008 | 2 (0.02) | 1 (0.01) | 3 (0.04) | 7894 |
| Parietal pleurectomy | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Coverage and parietal pleurectomy | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Others | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| Others | 422 | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 377 |
| Unknown | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 11,880 | 3 (0.03) | 1 (0.01) | 4 (0.03) | 11,575 |
| Secondary pneumothorax | |||||
| Associated disease | |||||
| COPD | 2151 | 15 (0.7) | 1 (0.05) | 22 (1.0) | 1899 |
| Tumorous disease | 79 | 4 (5.1) | 0 | 8 (10.1) | 66 |
| Catamenial | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| LAM | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Others (excluding pneumothorax by trauma) | 308 | 7 (2.3) | 0 | 15 (4.9) | 237 |
| Unknown | 0 | 30 | |||
| Operative procedure | |||||
| Bullectomy | 370 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 5 (1.4) | 321 |
| Bullectomy with additional procedure | 2018 | 16 (0.8) | 0 | 27 (1.3) | 1796 |
| Coverage with artificial material | 1853 | 13 (0.7) | 0 | 24 (1.3) | 1659 |
| Parietal pleurectomy | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Coverage and parietal pleurectomy | 21 | 2 (9.5) | 0 | 2 (9.5) | 15 |
| Others | 129 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 110 |
| Others | 340 | 9 (2.6) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (3.8) | 268 |
| Unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2732 | 26 (1.0) | 1 (0.04) | 45 (1.6) | 2386 |
Values in parenthesis represent mortality %