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Single Port Donor Nephrectomy
Published on: March 12, 2011
[Single-port VATS-assisted internal fixation of serial rib fractures]
M T Berninger1, F Kellermann2, A Woltmann2
1BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau am Staffelsee, Deutschland. Markus.Berninger@bgu-murnau.de.
Abstract:
This article describes the operative stabilization of a flail chest due to traumatic serial rib fractures with extensive chest wall deformation and respiratory insufficiency. Initial conservative treatment including systemic and regional pain management and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation did not improve the pain or ventilation. Therefore, a single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) assisted internal fixation of the ribs was performed. The thoracoscopy enabled easy repositioning of the ribs and additionally an estimation of intrathoracic injuries.
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