Video thoracoscopy: routine application for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.
Video thoracoscopy is a technique that allows a minimally invasive approach to common thoracic surgical problems. This article reports three patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax managed by video thoracoscopic apical bleb resection and describes the surgical technique.
Zane
R E
RE
Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509.
Baumgartner
F
F
Klein
S R
SR
Hurwitz
M
M
Stein
A G
AG
Milliken
J C
JC
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*