Should videothorascopic surgery be the first choice in isolated traumatic hemothorax? A prospective randomized controlled study

Çobanoğlu U., Sayır F., Mergan D.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.117-122, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.96777
  • Dergi Adı: ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.117-122
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Hemothorax, tube thoracostomy, videothoracoscopic surgery, ASSISTED THORACIC-SURGERY, EARLY EVACUATION, CHEST TRAUMA, DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURIES, CLOTTED HEMOTHORAX, THORACOSCOPY, MANAGEMENT, VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND In this study, patients with hemothorax due to blunt or penetrating thorax trauma and treated by tube thoracostomy were compared with the patients treated by videothoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in order to determine whether VATS can be the first choice in treatment.