TABLE 2.

Approach to treatment and overall frequency of recurrence from 7 case series of pediatric patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Study (year)	No. patients	Observation, %	Oxygen, %	Aspiration, %	Chest tube, %	VATS, %	Recurrence, %
Lee et al (2010)9	77	15	0	30	47	8	25
Shih et al (2011)6	78	15	27	0	50	8	42
Seguier‐Lipszyc et al (2011)7	46	0	39	0	39	22	43
Robinson et al (2015)8	41	0	0	20	80	0	41
Kuo et al (2013)10	171	0	19	0	32	49	21
Chiu et al (2014)11	120	9	45	19	37	19	31
Soccorso et al (2015)5	50	0	2	34	64	0	36

VATS, video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery.