Efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for 29 patients with tuberculosis-destroyed lung.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incompleteness of interlobar fissures and pleural adhesions, common in tuberculous destroyed lung (TDL), are among "technical contraindications" for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The efficacy and safety of VATS in the treatment of TDL, has not yet been detailed in.

Objective

The objective of the present study is to observe the efficacy and safety of VATS in the management of TDL.

Methods

A retrospective review of anatomic lobectomy by VATS on 29 cases of TDL was performed in the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center between October 2010 and October 2013.

Results

All the 29 surgeries by VATS were successfully completed. No death case was reported. Operative duration of VATS was 75~400 min, with an average of 1

SUBMITTER: Huang CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4694343 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature