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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 153-158.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20210701

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Effect of fiberboard stripping by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of tuberculous empyema

LIU Xiao-yu1, XU Feng1, ZHOU Yi-ming2(), DAI Xi-yong1(), SHENG Jian1, JIANG Yu-hui1, LIU Qi-bin1, SHEN Lei1   

  1. 1Department of Surgery,Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital, Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China
    2Department of Thoracic Surgery,Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital,Shanghai 200433,China
  • Received:2021-12-08 Online:2022-02-10 Published:2022-02-14
  • Contact: ZHOU Yi-ming,DAI Xi-yong E-mail:zymany@163.com;daixiyong71@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Middle-aged and Young Medical Talents Program in Wuhan, Hubei Province(116, Wuhan Health and Family Planning (2018))

Abstract:

Objective: To explore the effect of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (U-VATS) with fiberboard stripping in the treatment of tuberculous empyema. Methods: Clinical data of 132 cases underwent fiber stripping in Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital were collected. According to the operation style, they were divided into open thoracotomy group (n=74, hospitalized from June 2017 to August 2018) and U-VATS group (n=58, hospitalized from May 2020 to June 2021). The duration of operation, intraoperative hemorrhage, drainage 48 h postoperative, postoperative hospital stay, tube time complications (including reoperation hemostasis rate, incision infection rate, the incidence of paresthesia on the surgical side of the chest wall) and effects of the two groups were analyzed. Results: The duration of operation time, 48 h drainage volume and postoperative hospital stay in U-VATS group were significantly lower than those in the open thoracotomy group (210.0 (165.0, 240.0) min vs. 270.0 (210.0,330.0) min, U=1134.725; 585 (450, 813) ml vs. 865 (695, 1040) ml, U=995.463; 9.0 (8.0, 11.0) d vs. 14.0 (11.0, 16.0) d,(U=635.841; all P<0.01). The intraoperative hemorrhage, postoperative tube time, total efficiency, reoperation hemostasis rate and incision infection rate in U-VATS group was no statisticall different from those in the open thoracotomy group (400 (300,800) ml vs. 350 (200, 600) ml, U=1774.672, P=0.086; 8.0 (7.0, 9.3) d vs. 9.0 (7.0, 14.0) d, U=1879.735, P=0.267; 0.0% (0/58) vs. 1.4% (1/74), χ2=1.163, P=0.281; 1.7% (1/58) vs. 4.1% (3/74),χ 2=0.637, P=0.425,respectively). The incidence of paresthesia on the surgical side of the chest wall was 95.9% (71/74) in the open thoracotomy group, which was significantly higher than that in the Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery group (15.5% (9/58), χ 2=101.834, P<0.01).After over 5 months follow-up, the total effective rate in the open thoracotomy group was 93.2% (69/74), which was not statistically different from that in the Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery group (94.8% (55/58),χ 2=0.149, P=0.928). Conclusion: Compared with open thoracotomy, U-VATS for the treatment of stage Ⅲ tuberculous empyema was safe and effective, with less trauma, and was worthy of clinical promotion.

Key words: Empyema,tuberculosis, Thoracoscopy, Comparative study

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