title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous hemopneumothorax.
abstract: A 19-year-old man with spontaneous hemopneumothorax, a rare condition, underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) on the fourth day after presentation. Evacuation of clot, resection of the bullae, and irrigation of the pleural cavity were performed without difficulty. The indications for VATS for spontaneous hemopneumothorax are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Sanatorium Nishi-Niigata Chuo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatebe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshiya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording