title: [Traumatic hemothorax treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery].
abstract: The introduction of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VTS) has significantly furthered the use of the thoracoscope in surgery. In the case we describe, a 79-years-old man at high risk for surgery came to our hospital with hemothorax due to trauma. The necessary procedure was performed successfully with VTS, which allowed for the repair of an acute condition that would otherwise have been treated conventionally by way of posterolateral thoracotomy. We conclude that VTS may play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of certain thoracic injuries, so that surgery involving more extensive bleeding is rendered unnecessary.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freixinet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Castro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quevedo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Roca
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording
vernacular_title: Hemotórax traumático tratado mediante cirugía toracoscópica videoasistida.