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    Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1993 Dec;41(12):2414-7.

    [TV-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with a lung forceps combined with thoracoscope under local anesthesia for spontaneous pneumothorax with a persistent air leak--a single access port approach].

    [Article in Japanese]
    Kuwabara M, Takata T, Matsuoka K, Itoi K.

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    Department of Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Denryoku Hospital, Osaka, Japan.

    Abstract

    TV-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed under local anesthesia by through a single access port to control a continuing air leak in spontaneous pneumotorax. A 75-year-old man was admitted with severe dyspnea and right-sided chest pain. The chest X-ray film showed right lung collapse. A right spontaneous pneumothorax was diagnosed and was treated by chest tube drainage. However, the lung did not re-expand because of a continuing air leak and subcutaneous emphysema developed. TV-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed under local anesthesia to treat the persistent air leak on day 12. By endoscopy, the ruptured bulla was double-ligated with an Endoloop through a single access port using lung forceps combined with endoscope. The air leak subsequently ceased and the lung re-expanded. This method is minimally invasive and is very suitable for controlling a continuing air-leak causing spontaneous pneumothorax in a patient.

    PMID:
    8288935
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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