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KMID : 0365919950310050034
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Journal of the Pusan Medical Association
1995 Volume.31 No. 5 p.34 ~ p.37
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Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery of Spontaneous Pneumothorax -20 Cases experiences-
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Abstract
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Recently we performed video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) of 20 cases with the spontaneous pneumothorax. The patients ranged in age from 16 years to 55 years, male patients were eighteen and female patients were two. The operation was
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under the general anesthesia with double lumen endobronchial tube and operative procedures were bleb resection and pleurodesis with mechanical abrasion. In most cases postoperative courses were uneventful and patients were discharged without
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complications. Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery provided the benefits of lesser postoperative pain, rapid recovery, short hospitalization and smaller scar of wound. In conclusion, we prefer video assisted thoracoscopic surgery to the open
thoracotomy in uncomplicated patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.
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