title: [Surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax: comparison of thoracotomy and thoracoscopy].
abstract: The video-thoracoscopic treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax currently has the same role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in abdominal surgery. The Authors consider thoracoscopic approach and traditional thoracotomy examining advantages versus disadvantages, comparing 50 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax treated by thoracoscopy, from February 1992 up to February 1995, and 50 patients, previously treated by open surgery. Video-thoracoscopy has the same percentage of recurrences of thoracotomic approach but assures a quicker functional recovery and, above all, a remarkable reduction of pain.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di P.S. e Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ospedale Cannizzaro, USL 36, Catania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panebianco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calanducci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Puzzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pistritto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blandino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Latteri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014741:Video Recording