Chest drain insertion rates following pneumothorax aspiration was lower in patients with prior radiotherapy to the thorax (7.1%) compared to those without prior radiotherapy (25.7%), however, this did not reach statistical significance (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.05–1.03, p = 0.053; adjusted OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.06–2.46, p = 0.315).
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Manual aspiration of a pneumothorax after CT-guided lung biopsy: outcomes and risk factors.
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