Introduction: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is now commonly used for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. In the present study we compared the outcomes of this technique with those obtained by conventional thoracotomy.Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional stud, forty patients were enrolled into two groups: VATS (n=20) and thoracotomy (n=20). In both groups the blebs were resected ...

Background Patent ductus arteriosus is a common congenital disorder (10% of congenital disorders). Ductus Botalli closure is the realm of invasive cardiology. Inability to perform ductus Botalli closure with percutaneous methods causes, that administration of indomethacin or surgery are nowadays treatment of choice. The aim is to present an alternative in treatment with minimally invasive surge...

First described over two decades ago, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is now well established for the treatment of early stage non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) (1-6). Thoracoscopic approaches are preferred for many common thoracic procedures because of their predictable salutary effect on outcomes likely brought about by perioperative pain reductions. As widespread surgeon expe...

Although solitary fibrous tumor is the most common benign pleural tumor, it encountered incidentally and very rarely. A mass in chest wall was detected a computerized tomography taken due to COVID-19 infection 36-year-old female patient. The case with originating from parietal pleura treated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. During epidemic, compute-rized of thorax, which frequently for lun...

BACKGROUND To present the technique of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection, which includes limited thymectomy, extended thymectomy, cyst excision and posterior mediastinal tumor excision, and the early results of resection with the use of this technique. METHODS Forty patients with mediastinal tumors were treated with single-port thoracoscopic mediastinal rese...

Esophageal duplication cysts are infrequent anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract that are predominantly found in children. The conventional surgical approach for removal of these cysts is an open surgery one with a posterolateral thoracotomy incision. However, more recently, these cysts have been excised via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). In this article, we present 2 pediatric...

Thoracoscopic surgery has been potentiated by advances in technology since it was first embarked upon in the early 20th century. A review of the literature pertinent to the use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed. There is little high-quality data available on this topic. Current evidence supports non-inferiority of 3D over conventional two-di...