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Rotating brush for video-assisted thoracoscopic pleural abrasion
F M Smolle-Juettner1, H Pinter, H Jeran
1Department of Thoracic and Hyperbaric Surgery, University of Graz, Austria.
Abstract:
We present a simple device enabling parietal pleural abrasion during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The rotating brush facilitates safe pleurodesis in patients with pneumothorax obviating the need for additional chemical agents or pleurectomy.