Abstract
As a thoracoscopic treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax, electrocautery has been mainly used. But contact type electrocautery has a risk of perforation of blebs. We adopted carbon monoxide laser (wave length 5.4 microns) and good coagulation shrinkage of blebs could be obtained by non-contact irradiation. CO laser was delivered by As-S glass fiber and power of fiber tip was 2-4 W. Compared with Nd-YAG laser (wavelength 1.06 microns), CO laser showed lower risk of perforation of blebs. Thoracoscopic CO laser coagulation shrinkage of blebs proved to be a important method of treatment for patient of spontaneous pneumothorax.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 70-74 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1992 Jan |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)