Table 7. Previously reported rethoracotomy and mortality rates.

	Operative approach	Overall number of patients	Number and rate of  rethoracotomy		Number and rate of  rethoracotomy  due to hemorrhage		Number and rate of rethoracotomy  due to BPF		Mortality rate
			n	%	n	%	n	%	%
Sirbu et al.[2]	Thoracotomy	1960	73	3.7	38	1.9	13	0.7	17.8
Parshin et al.[6]	NA	14962	223	1.5	168	1.1	57	0.4	NA
Plaksin et al.[7]	NA	2615	34	1.3	14	0.5	7	0.3	37.5
Foroulis et al.[3]	VATS/thoracotomy	719	33	4.6	9	1.2	4	0.5	6.1
Yang et al.[8]	VATS/thoracotomy	19304	195	1.01	143	0.7	22	0.1	5.13
Our study 2018	Thoracotomy	3292	66	2	41	1.2	17	0.5	24.2
BPF: Bronchopleural fistula; NA: Not available; VATS: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.