title: [Two case reports of bilateral synchronous pneumothorax treated in a single stage bilateral thoracoscopic surgery].
abstract: We report here two cases of bilateral synchronous pneumothorax treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The first case was a 15-year-old male and the second case was a 22-year-old male. Bilateral thoracoscopic surgery by using of endo-stapler was performed at one stage and Nd-YAG Laser ablation to both the emphysematous surroundings and multiple small blebs was added. This procedure is minimally invasive as well as effective for the treatment of bilateral synchronous pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Inoue
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authors.lastname: Koshino
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authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording