抄録
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.
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| ページ（範囲） | 70-74 |
| ページ数 | 5 |
| ジャーナル | Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery |
| 巻 | 45 |
| 号 | 1 |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 1992 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)