Shawgo T
Crit Care Nurse. 1996 Apr;16(2):76-82.
VATS offers numerous advantages for patients with pulmonary disease. Diagnosis and management of numerous pulmonary and other thoracic conditions can now be treated with a less invasive approach. Because of this advance in technology, the ICU patient population is changing. With this advance, there will be fewer thoracotomies performed, resulting in fewer ICU admissions. Thoracoscopy offers hope for those critically ill patients who cannot withstand a diagnosis or interventional surgical procedure to treat their illness.
电视辅助胸腔镜手术（VATS）为肺部疾病患者带来了诸多优势。现在，许多肺部及其他胸部疾病的诊断和治疗都可以采用侵入性较小的方法。由于这项技术的进步，重症监护病房（ICU）的患者群体正在发生变化。随着这一进步，开胸手术的数量将会减少，从而导致入住ICU的患者减少。胸腔镜检查为那些无法承受疾病诊断或介入性外科手术治疗的重症患者带来了希望。
