Thirugnanam Agasthian
Agasthian Thoracic Surgery, Mt Elizabeth Medical Center, Singapore, Singapore.
J Vis Surg. 2017 Jan 6;3:3. doi: 10.21037/jovs.2016.12.03. eCollection 2017.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for infection or inflammatory conditions is uncommon as compared to lung cancer. In most developed countries less than 5% of all VATS procedures are for infective/inflammatory conditions. However VATS is technically more challenging in this situation and are more prone to postoperative complications. Principles of VATS for infectious diseases involve complete safe surgical removal of the diseased infected lung and prevention of major complications by minimally invasive technique.
与肺癌相比，电视辅助胸腔镜手术（VATS）用于感染或炎症性疾病并不常见。在大多数发达国家，所有VATS手术中用于感染性/炎症性疾病的不到5%。然而，在这种情况下，VATS在技术上更具挑战性，且更容易出现术后并发症。VATS治疗传染病的原则包括通过微创技术安全彻底地手术切除患病感染的肺组织，并预防主要并发症。
