Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) versus transaxillary minithoracotomy (TAMT) for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax
- VernacularTitle:腋下小切口及胸腔镜外科手术治疗自发性气胸的对比研究
- Author:
Ming DU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spontaneous pneumothorax;
Operation;
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS);
Transaxillary minithoracotomy(TAMT)
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
1986;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To compare the clinical results of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with transaxillary minithoracotomy (TAMT) for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP).Methods:Thirty patients were treated by VATS and 43 by TAMT.The consumed time of the operation,duration of the chest drainage,the amount of the chest drainage,the percentage of the patient without using anodyne within the postoperative 24 hour and the average time of hospitalization were compared.Results:The consumed time of the operation,the duration of the chest drainage and the average time of hospitalization were significantly shorter in group VATS than in group TAMT ( P
