Optimal timing of chest radiograph following chest tube removal in detecting recurrent pneumothorax: analysis of 163 patients with thoracic stab wounds at a major trauma centre in South Africa
RPTX following chest tube removal is uncommon, and the need for reintervention is low. All patients with RPTX were detected on CXR obtained within 6h of removal. It would appear that routinely delaying CXR anytime beyond 6 hours is unnecessary.
Authors
- Hubert Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-1020)
- Jonathan Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-5208)
- Damian Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-1455)
- J. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-7796)
- Cynthia Cheung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-2822)
- Victor Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-2572)
- Rui He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1493-8740)
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (ZA)
- Auckland City Hospital (NZ)
- Lyell McEwin Hospital (AU)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Published
- 2025-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2025.0018
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00