Clinical research of thoracoscopic treatment of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax.Methods Thoracoscopic surgery treatment of an initial episode of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with a total of 85 cases,55 routine VATS treatment for the observation group,30 patients undergoing thoracic surgery for the control group from January 2009 to 2011 in June.Results The operative time,hospitalization time,blood loss and the drainage tube indwelling time of observation group is short compared with the control group,there was statistically significant difference(P 0.05);All patients were followed up for observation group 4 cases of recurrence of recurrence rate7.3%;control group,2 cases of recurrence the recurrence rate was 6.7%,there was not statistically significant difference(P 0.05).Conclusion Satisfactory results of thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax,can be used as the preferred treatment method.