Expert consensus on spontaneous ventilation video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in primary spontaneous pneumothorax (Guangzhou)

Abstract

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) has an estimated incidence ranging from 17–24/100,000 and 1–6/100,000 among males and females, respectively (1,2). It usually occurs in tall thin individuals between 10–30 years of age, especially smokers (3).