title: Postoperative pain in treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax with limited two-port thoracoscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate effects of the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery on treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of 96 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax who underwent video assisted thoracic surgery was conducted in the present study, in which 23 cases underwent the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery while 73 cases treated with the standard three-port video assisted thoracic surgery or the standard two-port video assisted thoracic surgery. The mean operation time, mean intraoperative blood loss and average postoperative hospital stay, average postoperative chest tube duration and postoperative pain rating were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistical difference existed in the mean operation time, mean intraoperative blood loss, average postoperative hospital stay, average postoperative chest tube duration between the two groups (P>0.05). However, the postoperative pain in the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery group was significantly lower than that of the traditional video assisted thoracic surgery group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with that of the standard three-port video assisted thoracic surgery or the standard two- port video assisted thoracic surgery, there is better cosmetic effect, and lower grade postoperative pain in the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Fengwu Lin, Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China.
authors.forename: Fengwu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Chuan Zhang, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Qiang Zhang, Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Dan Dang, Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: Yan Zhao, Department of Endocrine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Limited Two-Port Thoracoscopy; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery
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