Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with ligation and suture for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax
- VernacularTitle:胸腔镜下肺大疱缝扎及结扎法治疗自发性气胸
- Author:
Ming DU
;
Qingchen WU
;
Xiong LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spontaneous pneumothorax;
Operation;
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS);
Cost
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
2003;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the clinical results and the hospitalization cost of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with ligation and suture for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.Methods:Thirteen patients were treated by VATS with ligation and suture.The consumed time of operation,duration of the chest drainage,amount of the chest drainage,percentage of patient discontinuing anodyne within the postoperative 24 hours,the average length of hospitalization and the hospitalization cost were analysed.Results:Satisfactory therapeutic effects were found in all cases without postoperative death and complications. The average hospitalization time was 3 days.VATS with ligation and suture was preferable to transaxillary minithoracotomy (TAMT) in the clinical results.The hospitalization cost is less for VATS with ligation and suture (7372.47?871.3) than that with Endo-GIA (12524.32?2962.18) (P
