• 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650101, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100083, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, PLA, Kunming, 650032, P.R.China;
YAN Tiansheng, Email: yts8966@163.com
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Surgical treatment is an important treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax, which can remove the gas in the pleural cavity, relieve symptoms, promote lung recruitment, moreover, prevent future recurrence. The surgical modalities included video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and non VATS treatment. Nowadays, the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax has entered a minimally invasive era. With the development of minimally invasive techniques in recent years, as the representative of minimally invasive surgery, the surgeon techniques of VATS has developed to diversity, including three-port VATS, two-port VATS, uniportal VATS, subxiphoid uniportal VATS, 3D VATS, robotic-assisted VAT and cervical uniportal VATS. Each technique has its own advantages and limitations, and individual choices should be made.

Citation: YANG Zhen, YAN Tiansheng, PENG Jingping. Current status of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018, 25(8): 724-727. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201706050 Copy

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