Simple aspiration vs intercostal tube drainage: Success rate at 1 year
Simple aspiration showed no clear difference in one‐year success rate compared with intercostal tube drainage (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Simple aspiration vs intercostal tube drainage One‐year success rate · adults with primary spontaneous pneumothorax Simple aspiration showed no clear difference in one‐year success rate compared with intercostal tube drainage (moderate certainty). Simple aspiration versus intercostal tube drainage for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.07 [0.96, 1.18] | 4 studies · 318 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple aspiration versus intercostal tube drainage for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.