Open AccessIs it a myth to perform blind apical wedge resection in primary spontaneous pneumothorax surgery to improve recurrence rates?
Author(s) -
Mustafa Vayvada,
Yelda Tezel,
Çağatay Tezel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_269_20
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , bleb (medicine) , pneumothorax , pleurodesis , thoracoscopy , pleurectomy , wedge resection , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , bulla (seal) , dehiscence , resection , lung , intraocular pressure , trabeculectomy , mesothelioma , peritoneal mesothelioma , pathology
Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) is the first method for the surgical treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). Many surgeons traditionally performed bullectomy or wedge resection (WR) in addition to mechanical or chemical pleurodesis. Our study aimed to determine whether WR was necessary without seeing bleb or bullae during the surgery.