Video-assisted thoracoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases.

• Inui Kenji

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Isowa Noritaka

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Ueda Mitsuhiro

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Tanaka Fumihiro

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Kuroya Masaaki

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Fukuse Tasuo

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Yokomise Hiroyasu

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Ike Osamu

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Yagi Kazuyuki

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Mizuno Hiroshi

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Aoki Minoru

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Wada Hiromi

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

• Hitomi Shigeki

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 当院におけるビデオ胸腔鏡施行例の検討

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopy was performed in a total of 56 patients in our institute between August 1992 and December 1994. The indications for thoracoscopy were pneumothorax (26 cases), mediastinal and chest wall tumor (10 cases), postoperative lung fistula (2 cases), hyperhidrosis (1 case), diffuse lung disease (11 cases), small pulmonary nodule (5 cases), and pleuritis (1 case). Thoracoscopy was used therapeutically for spontaneous pneumothorax, mediastinal and chest wall tumor, postoperative lung fistula, and hyperhidrosis. The outcome was very good except in three patients with pneumothorax who required thoracotomy. Thoracoscopy was useful especially in the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease, small pulmonary nodules and pleuritis. Recent advances in endoscopic equipment and refinement of thoracoscopic techniques and increased experience with thoracoscopy have expanded the application of this procedure. Our experience indicates a markedly expanded role for thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases with less postoperative morbidity.

Journal

• The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery

  The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 9 (4), 493-499, 1995

  The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery

Keywords

• video-assisted thoracoscopy
• thoracoscopic operation
• thoracoscopic sympathectomy

Details

• CRID: 1390001204362057856
• NII Article ID: 10005267302
• NII Book ID: AN10467885
• DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.9.493
• ISSN: 18814158
• ISSN: 09190945
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1996006278
• Text Lang: ja
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