Value of video-assisted thoracic surgery in internal medicine. Apropos of 7 cases

Since a few years, the medical thoracoscopy has already been used specially for the diagnostic and therapeutic taking up of the pleural pathology. Behind it, the video-assisted thoracic surgery has been improved since 1990. As a surgical technology, it proved its interest refering to the classical t...

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Published in:La revue de medecine interne 1996, Vol.17 (7), p.579
Main Authors: Coutant, G, Algayres, J P, Dubrez, J, Pons, F, Poirier, J M, Valmary, J, Bili, H, Jancovici, R, Vaylet, F, L'Her, P, Daly, J P
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Language:fre
Subjects:
Humans
Lung Diseases - surgery
Mediastinal Diseases - surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracoscopy
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Summary:Since a few years, the medical thoracoscopy has already been used specially for the diagnostic and therapeutic taking up of the pleural pathology. Behind it, the video-assisted thoracic surgery has been improved since 1990. As a surgical technology, it proved its interest refering to the classical thoracotomy by lessening operative morbidity and mortality. The authors discuss its main indications about seven cases, recruted in the internal medicine service and operated in the thoracic surgery service of the Val-de-Grâce hospital. Some of these indications are now admited by most of the authors: 1) diagnostic aims: pulmonary biopsy in case of interstitial pathology, of pulmonary peripheral under-pleural nodule and sometimes of solid tumors of the mediastinum, specially of some lymph-nodes. 2) Therapeutic aims: the spontaneous pneumothorax treatment of the adult remains the most classical indication; the thoracic sympathectomy, the creation of pleuropericardial windows and the resection of benign tumors of the mediastinum are now well acknowledged indications.
ISSN:0248-8663