Video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy for an infectious giant bulla with the concomitant use of the perioperative intracavity fluid suction.

摘要

Bullectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an effective treatment for giant bullae.1 However, once an infection comorbidly develops in a bulla, a bullectomy is not easy to perform. We completed a VATS bullectomy with excellent vision by perioperatively inserting a balloon catheter into the bullae and aspirating the fluid contents therein