[The role of thoracoscopy in paediatric spontaneous pneumothorax]

Schulte, D; Cholewa, D; Casaulta, C; Zachariou, Z (2008). [The role of thoracoscopy in paediatric spontaneous pneumothorax]. Praxis - schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, 97(19), pp. 1033-6. Bern: Huber

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Spontaneous pneumothorax in children is an emergency. A rapid and structured treatment is necessary. Indicating clinical signs are dyspnoea with unilateral reduced breath sounds and hypersonic percussion note. Chest x-ray confirms diagnosis. CT scan shows detailed information's of pathological changes in lung tissue and offers important considerations for the therapy. Today video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) takes a central role in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. Thoracoscopy completes diagnosis detecting the pathologies, which were missed in imaging procedures. Definitive surgical treatment is performed simultaneously in the same anaesthesia.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
UniBE Contributor:	Casaulta, Carmen
ISSN:	1661-8157
ISBN:	18821501
Publisher:	Huber
Language:	English
Submitter:	Anette van Dorland
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:03
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 23:22
PubMed ID:	18821501
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/27180 (FactScience: 104890)