title: [Thoracoscopic treatment of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax].
abstract: The video shows an endoscopic modification of the established conventional surgical therapy of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax: The indications and endoscopic techniques of parietal pleurectomy, ligature of leaking bullae and wedge resection are demonstrated. Our first experience on 50 patients indicates, that minimal postoperative pain and a relatively short hospital stay (mean 3.6 days postop.) are the advantages of minimal invasive techniques also in thoracic surgery. Long-term results are however still lacking.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furrer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inderbitzi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Striffeler
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation
vernacular_title: Die thorakoskopische Behandlung des rezidivierenden oder persistierenden Spontanpneumothorax.