Factors influencing recurrence in patients operated for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
The findings suggest that a high Collins percentage on posteroanterior chest radiography, young age at the time of surgery, and continued smoking postoperatively are significant risk factors for recurrence.
Authors
- Özgür İşgörücü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7325-0412)
- Celal Buğra Sezen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-2031)
- Inanc Yazıcı
- Abdul Samed
- Ezgi Kılıçaslan
- Kemal Karapınar
- Tevrat Özalp
- Damla Azaklı
Institutions
- Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Yedikule Teaching Hospital (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4274/tjtcs.2025.28007
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00