Diagnostic vats cases

The role of diagnostic VATS in penetrating thoracic injuries

BACKGROUND Penetrating chest injuries account for 1-13% of thoracic trauma hospital admissions and most of these are managed with a conservative approach. Nevertheless, 18-30% of cases managed only with tube thoracostomy have residual clotted blood, considered the major risk factor for the development of fibrothorax and empyema. In addition, 4-23% of chest injury patients present persistent pne...

VATS Lobectomy: Surgical Evolution from Conventional VATS to Uniportal Approach

There is no standardized technique for the VATS lobectomy, though most centres use 2 ports and add a utility incision. However, the procedure can be performed by eliminating the two small ports and using only the utility incision with similar outcomes. Since 2010, when the uniportal approach was introduced for major pulmonary resection, the technique has been spreading worldwide. The single-por...

VATS lymph node dissection.

Four Cases of Diagnostic Teaching

In 1919, the Psychological Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania added a teacher to its staff. The child's response to teaching has always been a factor in determining his mental status, since failure in school is often taken to indicate the need of a psychological examination. Nevertheless the use of teaching for the purpose of discovering the mental status of a child is commonly beyond the...

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

Video-assisted thoracic surgery is finding an ever-increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. The potential advantages of video-assisted thoracic surgery include less postoperative pain, fewer operative complications, shortened hospital stay and reduced costs. The following review examines the sur...