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  • Trauma Surgery
  • Thoracic Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Traumatic pneumothoraces are common in major trauma.
  • Optimal management strategies, particularly conservative treatment, require further investigation.
  • This study addresses the paucity of literature on traumatic pneumothorax management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the treatment, complications, and outcomes of traumatic pneumothoraces.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of conservative management for traumatic pneumothoraces.
  • To determine if positive pressure ventilation impacts conservative management outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective data collection from the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database.
  • Inclusion of patients presenting with traumatic pneumothoraces to a UK major trauma center (April 2012 - December 2016).
  • Analysis of demographics, injury mechanisms, Injury Severity Score (ISS), management, and outcomes.

Main Results:

  • 46% of 602 traumatic pneumothoraces were initially managed conservatively.
  • 90% of conservatively managed patients did not require chest tube insertion.
  • Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) did not significantly increase the failure rate of conservative management; only large hemothorax was associated with failure.

Conclusions:

  • Over 90% of patients with traumatic pneumothoraces managed conservatively avoided subsequent tube drainage.
  • Conservative management is effective even for patients requiring PPV, with no significant increased risk of failure.
  • These findings support the use of conservative management as a primary strategy for traumatic pneumothoraces.