Abstract
Experience of videothoracoscopic pulmonary resection, using nonsuture electrowelding technology in 42 patients, was summarized. Using such technology application have guaranteed the lowering of prime cost of endoscopic intervention, in several patients it made possible to avoid a mechanical suturing application. After the operation all the patients are alive, the morbidity rate was 7.1%, a stationary treatment of a patient have constituted 5.7 days at average.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Electrocoagulation / instrumentation
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Electrocoagulation / methods*
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Electrosurgery / instrumentation
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Electrosurgery / methods*
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Empyema, Pleural / complications
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Empyema, Pleural / surgery
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Female
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Humans
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Lung Diseases / complications
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Lung Diseases / surgery*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pleurisy / complications
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Pleurisy / surgery
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / instrumentation
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
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Treatment Outcome
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Young Adult