Thoracoscopy has multiple advantages. Thoracoscopy allows for many surgical procedures to be performed with minimal pain afterwards. Plus, many of the complications that are associated with surgical procedures can also be minimized.
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Rolf Inderbitzi has written: 'Chirurgische Thorakoskopie' 'Surgical thoracoscopy' -- subject(s): Chest, Diagnosis, Endoscopic surgery, Methods, Pleural Diseases, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracoscopy
The main risks of thoracoscopy are those associated with the administration of general anesthesia. Sometimes excessive bleeding, or hemorrhage, occurs, necessitating a thoracotomy to stop it. Another risk comes when the drainage.
The purpose of thoracoscopy is to visualize and evaluate the organs and structures within the thoracic cavity, such as the lungs, pleura, and mediastinum. It is a minimally invasive procedure that allows for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as biopsies, drainage of fluid or air, and treatment of certain lung conditions. Thoracoscopy can help in the diagnosis and management of various thoracic diseases, including lung cancer, infections, and pleural effusion.
Because one lung is partially deflated during thoracoscopy, the procedure cannot be done on patients whose lung function is so poor that they do not receive enough oxygen with only one lung. Patients who have had previous surgery.
Prior to thoracoscopy, the patient will have several routine tests, such as blood, urine and chest x ray. Older patients must have an electrocardiogram (a trace record of the heart activity) because the anesthesia and the lung deflation put a big load.
Blebectomy is when they remove small bubbles from lungs mechanical pleurodesis is when they attach the lung to the side of the chest wall to prevent it from collapsing
In addition, better results of fine-needle aspiration and core-needle biopsy investigations, along with new techniques in thoracoscopy offer additional options in examining mediastinal masses.