Assisted thoracic small incision for thoracic surgery in 304 patients reported_0.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Assisted thoracic small incision for thoracic surgery in 304 patients reported [Abstract] Objective To investigate the video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS assisted thoracic small incision surgery in the treatment of surgical diseases. Methods assisted small incision VATS thoracic trauma, thoracoabdominal trauma, empyema and lung, mediastinum, pleura and other diseases surgery 304 cases, of which 108 cases of chest trauma, 59 cases of thoraco-abdominal injuries, 47 cases of empyema, spontaneous pneumothorax with multiple bullae in 36 cases, lung benign and malignant tumors of 34 cases of spherical, mediastinal tumor in 14 cases, 6 cases of pleural neoplasms, secondary small incision 3 ~ 12cm. Results bleeding 50 ~ 800ml, an average of 150ml, chest drain for 1 to 10 days, an average of 2.5 days. postoperative hospital stay was 5 to 20 days, an average of 8 days. no deaths. Postoperative complications was 5.92% (18/304. Conclusion VATS assisted small incision in the majority of thoracic surgery is safe and effective disease treatment methods, and easy to operate, damage, cost is not high. [Keywords:] thoracic surgery, small incision, Thoracoscopy February 1998 ~ April 2005, our department assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) in 304 patients with small incision surgery, the effect is satisfactory, no serious complications, no operative death, simple, inexpensive, are reported below. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General information on 304 cases in this group, 210 cases of male and female 94 cases. Age 8 to 76 years, mean 38 years. 108 cases of thoracic trauma (60 cases of open injury, blunt trauma, 48 cases were active intrathoracic varying degrees of pulmonary hemorrhage and rupture, thoracoabdominal injuries in 59 cases (59 cases were hemopneumothorax chest, abdomen gastroepiploic mesenteric laceration in 22 cases, liver, spleen, kidney laceration in 19 cases, 18 cases of penetrating injury of gastrointestinal , of which 12 cases with diap