title: [Trauma and emergency thoracoscopy].
abstract: Authors present their first experience with urgent videothoracoscopy in polytraumatism and in isolated thoracic trauma patients. During the prospective study in 1993-1995 thoracoscopically was treated 41 (18%) from 229 multiple trauma patients including thorax trauma, hospitalised in our Institute. Thoracoscopy underwent 62 (4%) from 1452 patients with simple thoracic trauma. Thoracoscopy has been indicated above all for continued bleeding into peritoneal cavity, for suspected diafragmatic injury and for the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic complications. Authors suggest that thoracoscopy is in experienced hands and adequatelly equipped workplaces an accurate and safe method for the diagnosis and in some cases also for therapy of hemodynamic stabile patients with thoracic trauma.
authors.affiliation: Výzkumné centrum pro chirurgii a traumatologii MZ CR, Urazová nemocnice, Brno.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ochmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vrastyák
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Svoboda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kantorová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zelnícek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cierny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording