Chennamchetty Vijay Kumar, Gali Jayasri Helen, Gurrala Shekar Reddy, Gandra Nayantara Rao
Department of Pulmonology, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Department of Pulmonology, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Lung India. 2018 Sep-Oct;35(5):425-427. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_76_17.
Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), a minimally invasive surgical technique, has assumed a major role to play in the diagnosis and treatment of certain pleural and pulmonary parenchymal diseases. It is gaining popularity and being increasingly used in the management of thoracic trauma, thoracic surgeries, and pleural diseases. Another rare indication for its use, which is less reported in the literature, is the removal of retained intrathoracic foreign bodies. We report a case highlighting the use of VATS for the removal of retained sewing needle from the pleural cavity of a hemodynamically stable patient, thus evading the need for thoracotomy.
电视辅助胸腔镜手术（VATS）是一种微创手术技术，在某些胸膜和肺实质疾病的诊断和治疗中发挥着重要作用。它越来越受欢迎，在胸外伤、胸外科手术和胸膜疾病的治疗中应用也越来越广泛。其另一个罕见的应用指征——文献报道较少——是取出胸腔内残留的异物。我们报告一例病例，该病例突出显示了在血流动力学稳定的患者中使用VATS从胸膜腔取出残留缝针的情况，从而避免了开胸手术的需要。
