Surgical treatment of patients with spontaneous hemopneumothorax
WANG Jing-di
YAN Tian-sheng
LIU Dan-dan
SHEN Zhen-yun
HANG Zheng
WANG Ke-yi
SONG Jin-tao
Abstract：Objective To observe advantages of surgical treatment for patients with spontaneous hemopneumothorax.Methods From Jan 1997 to Oct 2007,25 patients with spontaneous hemopneumothorax were treated,ranged from 19 to 34 years old(average 23.2 years),including 24 males and 1 female.11 patients had lesions on the left side,others on the right side.When treated,9 patients got VATS,16 patients got minithoracotomy.Results In VATS group.the average operation time wag(72.7±16.8)minutes.The average postoperative drainage time Wag(5.6±5.6)days,and the average postoperative hospital days were(10.2±5.4)days.1 patient needed the second operation for persistent postoperative air leak.In minithoracotomy group.the data Wag(68.4±13.6)minutes,(3.5±1.9)days,and(7.8±2.5)days.There was no significant difference between the two groups in operation time,postoperative drainage time and postoperative hospital days.All patients were followed up for 3 to 12 months.Conclusion Patients with spontaneous hemopneumothorax having surgical treatment show less morbidity,shorter hospitalization,less medical cost and better life quality than the conservative therapy.
Keywords：Spontaneous hemopneumothoraxVideo-assisted thoracoseopie surgeryMinithoracotomy
Publication Date：2008-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 797-799 )