Thoracic morphological characteristics of primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients requiring surgical intervention
Ryo Nonomura, Hiromichi Niikawa, Ryuga Yabe, Hideyuki Nagata, Kazunori Ueda, Yutaka Oshima, Takanobu Sasaki, Naoya Ishibashi, Hirohito Metoki · 2025
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Description
Ryo Nonomura and co-authors compare, in a 2025 study, chest shapes in teens whose collapsed lung needed surgery versus healthy teens. The condition, a spontaneous air leak into the chest, often strikes tall, thin youths with flat chests. Whether chest shape itself raises the risk was unclear.
Scans showed the patient group had lower body mass and a distinct chest form. Their front-to-back depth was smaller relative to width at every level, most sharply at one landmark. Their chests were also longer from top to bottom. Adding the depth ratio to a forecast model improved it clearly. The shape traits may mark which teens face higher risk of a first collapse.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ryo Nonomura, Hiromichi Niikawa, Ryuga Yabe, Hideyuki Nagata, Kazunori Ueda, Yutaka Oshima, Takanobu Sasaki, Naoya Ishibashi, Hirohito Metoki |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |