title: [Thoracoscopic surgery for diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia special reference to medicoeconomical effect].
abstract: We compared thoracoscopic surgery (TS) and open thoracotomy for the diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia. Intraoperative blood loss and duration of postoperative chest drainage were significantly less with TS than with thoracotomy. The length of postoperative hospital stay and social insurance costs with TS was significantly less than with thoracotomy. These results show that TS for the diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia is superior to open thoracotomy in terms of surgical stress and cost.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Ryukyus University School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oshiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamashiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuniyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000191:economics; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000191:economics