Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Success rate at 1 year · adults with primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Simple aspiration showed no clear difference in one‐year success rate compared with intercostal tube drainage (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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