Postoperative Pain and Clinical Outcome Following Two- and Three-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Postoperative Pain and Clinical Outcome Following Two- and Three-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Background: Two-port (2P) and three-port (3P) video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) are well-established surgical methods for the treatment of complicated spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). However, a comparison between both techniques, in terms of clinical outcomes in patients with secondary spon...

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Main Authors: Stephen Fung, Kefah Jaber, Marius Kivilis, Alexander Rehders, Anja Schauer, Levent Dizdar, Wolfram-Trudo Knoefel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
two-port VATS
three-port VATS
postoperative pain
clinical outcome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/5/1404

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