ArticleSurgery today2009
Long-term effect of a thoracoscopic stapled bullectomy alone for preventing the recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
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- Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery with Bullectomy and Partial Pleurectomy in the Treatment of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax-A Retrospective Long-Term Single-Center Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Simultaneous Viscum pleurodesis and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) bullectomy in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Does Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery with Bullectomy and Partial Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Impair Health-Related Quality of Life and Pulmonary Function?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Feasibility of application of an absorbable topical collagen hemostat sheet (INTEGRANJournal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Is it time to reconsider the need for bullectomy in the surgical management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax?Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Talc Pleurodesis Versus Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Large Single-Centre Study with No Conversion.World journal of surgery · 2019Observational
- Postoperative predictors of ipsilateral and contralateral recurrence in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2016Article
- Covering the staple line with a polyglycolic acid sheet after bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax prevents postoperative recurrent pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2015Article
- Preventing recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax after thoracoscopic surgery: a review of recent results.Surgery today · 2010Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the long-term efficacy of a stapled bullectomy without any symphysial procedures under videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
methodsA total of 121 sides of 112 patients who underwent a stapled bullectomy alone for primary spontaneous pneumothorax were retrospectively reviewed. There were 48 sides of 45 patients who underwent VATS (VATS group) and 73 sides of 67 patients who underwent open surgery (thoracotomy group).
resultsThere were 12 recurrences that occurred during the follow-up periods in the VATS group (24.5%), and 3 in the thoracotomy group (4.1%). The cumulative recurrence rates in the VATS group at 2 and 10 years after a bullectomy were 16.3% and 27.5%, whereas in the thoracotomy group the recurrence rates were 2.9% and 4.9%, respectively (P < 0.001).
conclusionsThe long-term outcome of a VATS stapled bullectomy was unsatisfactory as a radical therapy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A symphysial procedure should therefore be added to VATS stapled bullectomy in order to prevent long-term postoperative recurrence.
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