[Spontaneous hemopneumothorax treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; report of two cases]. 2010

Kenji Tsuboshima, and Koji Kishimoto, and Teiji Oda
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan.

Case 1: A 41-year-old man developed right chest pain. Computed tomography (CT) revealed right tension hemopneumothorax. Chest tube was placed in the pleral cavity immediately. Because of continuous bleeding and inadequate lung expansion, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was performed on day 11 afer admission. Thoracoscopic view clearly showed bleeding point at the thoracic apex. Hemostasis was performed and peel was removed for expansion of lung. Case 2: A 38-year-old man developed right chest pain and dyspnea. CT revealed right hemopneumothorax. Because of massive continuous bleeding, emergent VATS was performed. Thoracoscopic view clearly showed bleeding point at the thoracic apex and the hemostasis and the resection of bullae was performed. Postoperative course of both cases was uneventful. It is thought to be important to consider early surgical approach for hemopneumothorax to identify the cause of airleakage before forming thick peel on the visceral pleura.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D006468 Hemopneumothorax Collection of air and blood in the pleural cavity.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D020775 Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Endoscopic surgery of the pleural cavity performed with visualization via video transmission. Surgery, Thoracic, Video-Assisted,VATS,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Thoracic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-Assisted,VATSs,Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries

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