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Removal of a needle from the pleural space by video-assisted throcoscopy: An unusual encounter in practice

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 surg...

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Autores principales: Chennamchetty, Vijay Kumar, Gali, Jayasri Helen, Gurrala, Shekar Reddy, Gandra, Nayantara Rao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30168464
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_76_17
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author Chennamchetty, Vijay Kumar
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Gandra, Nayantara Rao
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-61203142018-09-07 Removal of a needle from the pleural space by video-assisted throcoscopy: An unusual encounter in practice Chennamchetty, Vijay Kumar Gali, Jayasri Helen Gurrala, Shekar Reddy Gandra, Nayantara Rao Lung India Case Report 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6120314/ /pubmed/30168464 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_76_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Removal of a needle from the pleural space by video-assisted throcoscopy: An unusual encounter in practice
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title_short Removal of a needle from the pleural space by video-assisted throcoscopy: An unusual encounter in practice
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120314/
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