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video-assisted thoracic surgery |
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) A technique used to aid in the placement of chest tubes or when performing decortications when treating advanced empyema. Mentioned in: Empyema video-assisted thoracic surgery Surgery A format of minimally invasive thoracic surgery used to treat a number of specific lesions Indications Pulmonary nodules, effusions, infiltrates, pneumothorax, mediastinal mass, pleural mass, etc
Procedures Wedge resection–excision, examination, pleural biopsy, talc pleurodesis, decortication, excision of masses, application of fibrin glue to air leak Complications Persistent air leak, A Fib, respiratory failure Conversion to open
procedure 33% require conversion, due to obscure nature of lesion, malignancy, obliterated pleural space Mortality 2% How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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