Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol
; 18(4): 221-4, 2009.
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| ID: mdl-20334500
ABSTRACT
Minimally invasive surgery is the current trend of approach in various fields. Since May 2006, our team has started implementing needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery as the standard surgical treatment for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. During a seventeen-month period, 62 consecutive patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax were operated on. The ages, sex ratio, operative times, blood loss, postoperative pain in visual analog scale (VAS), length of stay and hospital costs were recorded and compared with that of another 62 consecutive patients who received conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery between July 2004 and April 2006. Only the postoperative pain in VAS was significantly lower in the needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery group; the rest remained the same. Also the wounds were almost undetectable in the needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery patients. There were no major complications, mortality or recurrence in either group. Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery is a high-tech technique which provides safety, effectiveness, economy and outcome comparable to that of conventional techniques. It is also associated with less pain and better cosmetics.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumotórax
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Cirurgia Torácica Vídeoassistida
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Agulhas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol
Assunto da revista:
TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan