Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax as two-day surgery

Background: To see whether video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) as 2-day surgery is a safe and cost-effective procedure, we retrospectively compared VATS as 2-day surgery with standard VATS. Methods: From April 1994 to March 2000, 139 SP patients were operate...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2000-09, Vol.180 (3), p.171-173
Main Authors: Maruyama, Riichiroh, Oka, Takeshi, Anai, Hideaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Complications
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Economic impact
Endoscopy
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Japan
Length of Stay
Male
Mann-Whitney U test
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Ostomy
Patients
Pneumology
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax - surgery
Postoperative
Postoperative Complications
Public health
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the respiratory system
Thoracic surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - economics
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Background: To see whether video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) as 2-day surgery is a safe and cost-effective procedure, we retrospectively compared VATS as 2-day surgery with standard VATS. Methods: From April 1994 to March 2000, 139 SP patients were operated on: 115 patients were operated on by means of standard VATS and 24 were treated by 2-day surgery. The parameters we compared were the postoperative complications, hospitalization cost, and relapses. Results: Excepting that 2 of those selected for 2-day surgery required another hospitalization, short-term complications were considered to be similar for the two groups. The median economic cost of 2-day surgery was about $5,822 US dollars and was lower than that of standard VATS. The difference in the recurrence rate between the two groups was not significant. Conclusions: We conclude that VATS as 2-day surgery is a safe and cost-effective procedure.
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00448-7