ABSTRACT Objective: Since its first report, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lung lobectomy was carried out with the use of conventional surgical instruments, used in laparoscopy and open thoracotomy. These instruments are expensive, not standardized and there are a variety of models and manufact...
Abstract Female, 85 y.o., weighting 60 kg, multiple trauma patient. After an initial laparotomy, an emergent thoracotomy was performed using a bronchial blocker for lung isolation (initial active suction was applied). During surgery, bronchial cuff was deflated, causing a self-limited tracheal blood floo...
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Implement a constructivist approach in thoracic drainage training in surgical ex vivo pig models, to compare the acquisition of homogeneous surgical skills between medical students. METHODS: Experimental study, prospective, transversal, analytical, controlled, three steps. Selection, ...
As dificuldades diagnósticas entre mesotelioma pleural e adenocarcinoma metastático na pleura exigem estudo amplo. Os autores ilustram um caso clínico cujo diagnóstico só foi estabelecido após realização de toracotomia, com retirada de material para análise imuno-histoquímica. A diferenciação...
Cuando hablamos acerca de cirugía de invasión mínima tenemos que analizar dos aspectos muy importantes, el primero de ellos es el abordaje quirúrgico, y el segundo es la práctica de By-Pass cardiopulmonar. Con relación al abordaje quirúrgico, éste determina la longitud de la incisión en piel y e...
