Postoperative Clinical Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Surgery under Local Anesthesia in Patients with Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

(1) Background: since the technologies of anesthesia and surgery were advanced, video-assisted thoracic (VATS) under local (LA) has been widely carried out is considered a robust surgical technique to prevent recurrence pneumothorax in patients with recurrent primary spontaneous (PSP). In this study, postoperative clinical outcomes compared evaluate feasibility efficacy VATS LA general (GA) PSP. (2) Methods: 255 underwent wedge resection for PSP our hospital from January 2014 June 2019. Of them, 30 operation others GA. Except method, same was adopted all patients. All medical records retrospectively reviewed. (3) Results: total time days relatively shorter, post-chest tube drainage significantly shorter (0.04), visual analog scale (VAS) scores outpatient clinic lower group than GA (p = 0.01). The incidence after discharge (3.3%) also (18.67%) 0.001). group, there no cases conversion intubation. (4) Conclusions: results showed better sedation treatment Hence, can be as anesthetic applicable