Non-interventional management of small pneumothorax in the very elderly.

The non-interventional management (NIM) of elderly patients with small pneumothorax has rarely reported. We show herein three elderly cases of successful treated with NIM for small pneumothorax (< 20% on chest computerized tomography scan). With adequate evaluation of chest radiographs and careful cardiopulmonary monitoring, we evaluated that NIM for small pneumothorax can be a possible therapeutic choice even in the elderly.