ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of thoracic emergencies.
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- Management of Hemothorax After Blunt Chest Trauma: Results from a Level II Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Minor Procedures.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the efficacy of a modified method of treating the incisions of the single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using V-Loc™ barbed sutures.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Role of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the management of penetrating thoracic injuries.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Pretreatment clamping of pulmonary artery during uniportal thoracoscopic lobectomy.BMC surgery · 2020Article
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy approach to the management of non-pulmonary diseases of the chest.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Review
- Cardiac injury due to the rapid progress of the dislocation of rib fractures: A rare case that required urgent open reduction and internal rib fixation.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2019Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundWhile video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is well accepted in the management of thoracic emergencies, uniportal VATS has not yet been studied for this indication. This paper reports the results of the treatment of chest trauma patients by uniportal VATS in a single center with extensive experience in uniportal VATS.
methodsIn this prospective study all patients who underwent uniportal VATS for thoracic surgical emergency cases, between 06/2012 and 09/2017, were included and the data were reviewed retrospectively.
resultsSix hundred forty-two uniportal VATS procedures were performed. Among those, 12 emergency cases could be identified. The indication was a hemothorax with active bleeding in all cases and the uniportal VATS approach was carried out after carefully evaluating all clinical factors and risks related to such a special setting. The location, extent and severity of the injuries were diagnosed and treated intraoperatively. The conversion rate was zero. The mean surgical time was 106.25 minutes [63-240], the chest tube was removed after 6.75 days in average (range, 1-25). All patients were transferred to the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) or intensive care unit (ICU) for at least one night (range, 1-25). The mean postoperative hospital stay was 10.67 days [4-26].
conclusionsIn expert hands, uniportal VATS approach seems to be a safe and feasible procedure for both, the diagnostics and management of emergency cases, such as active thoracic bleeding in cardiopulmonary stable patients.
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