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Table 3 Rates of successful treatment for pneumothorax without surgical intervention

From: Pneumothorax in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a real-world experience

Treatment

First admission

Total admission

Number of patients

Number of patients successfully treated (%)

Number of patients

Number of patients successfully treated (%)

All patients

36

27 (75.0)

58

49 (84.4)

Ā Observation only

15

13 (86.6)

29

26 (89.6)

Ā Chest tube

21

14 (66.7)

29

17 (58.6)

Ā Ā Chest tube only

13

9 (69.2)

15

10 (66.6)

Ā Ā Chest tube plus additional therapy

8*

5 (62.5)

12*

7 (58.3)

Ā Ā Ā EWS placement

7

4 (57.1)

10

5 (50.0)

Ā Ā Ā Pleurodesis with fibrin glue and/or blood patch

2

1 (50.0)

3

2 (66.6)

  1. Two patients during the first admission and 4 during all admissions combined underwent surgery after chest tube placement and some additional therapies resulting in chest tube removal
  2. *One patient underwent EWS followed by pleurodesis
  3. EWS, endoscopic Watanabe spigot