The role of repairing lung lacerations during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery evacuations for retained haemothorax caused by blunt chest trauma

• Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 107 - 111
• Main Authors: Chou, Yi-Pin, Kuo, Liang-Chi, Soo, Kwan-Ming, Tarng, Yih-Wen, Chiang, Hsin-I., Huang, Fong-Dee, Lin, Hsing-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Oxford University Press 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chest Tubes - utilization; Drainage; Female; Hemothorax - therapy; Humans; Lacerations - classification; Lacerations - surgery; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Lung Injury - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Pleural Effusion - therapy; Pneumonia - epidemiology; Pneumothorax - therapy; Prospective Studies; Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data; Subcutaneous Emphysema - therapy; Thoracic; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; Thoracoscopy - methods; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - surgery; Young Adult; Pneumothorax; Thoracotomy; Haemothorax; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; Blunt thoracic injury

OBJECTIVES Retained haemothorax and pneumothorax are the most common complications after blunt chest traumas. Lung lacerations derived from fractures of the ribs are usually found in these patients. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is usually used as a routine procedure in the treatment o...