Treatment of Pleural Effusions with Nonintubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Thamer Robert Qaqish; Solange Cox; Rebecca Carr; Mark Katlic

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.08.003

Treatment of Pleural Effusions with Nonintubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Thorac Surg Clin. 2020 Feb;30(1):25-32. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.08.003.

Authors

Thamer Robert Qaqish¹, Solange Cox¹, Rebecca Carr¹, Mark Katlic²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2435 West Belvedere Avenue, Suite 42, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2435 West Belvedere Avenue, Suite 42, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA. Electronic address: mkatlic@lifebridgehealth.org.

PMID: 31761281
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.08.003

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracic surgery has considerably improved the care of the thoracic surgical patient. Patients are able to leave the hospital sooner and experience less pain with equal oncologic outcomes when compared with open surgery. Nonintubated thoracic surgery has more recently been applied in the management of both benign and malignant pleural effusions. This article provides the general thoracic surgeon a detailed description on how to manage pleural effusions using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a nonintubated patient. Surgical techniques and pearls are also presented.

Keywords: Minimally invasive thoracic surgery; Nonintubated thoracic surgery; Pleural effusion; VATS.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Patient Care Management / methods*
Pleural Effusion* / etiology
Pleural Effusion* / surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*