Postoperative pain in treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax with limited two-port thoracoscopy

Objectives: to investigate effects of the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery on treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. methods: a retrospective analysis of 96 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax who underwent video assisted thoracic surgery was conducted in the present study, in which 23 cases underwent the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery while 73 cases treated with the standard three-port video assisted thoracic surgery or the standard two-port video assisted thoracic surgery. the mean operation time, mean intraoperative blood loss and average postoperative hospital stay, average postoperative chest tubeduration and postoperative pain rating were analyzed. results: there was no statistical difference existed in the mean operation time, mean intraoperative blood loss, average postoperative hospital stay, average postoperative chest tube duration between the two groups (p > 0.05). however, the postoperative pain in the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery group was significantly lower than that of the traditional video assisted thoracic surgery group. conclusion: compared with that of the standard three-port video assisted thoracic surgery or the standard two- port video assisted thoracic surgery, there is better cosmetic effect, and lower grade postoperative pain in the limited two-port video assisted thoracic surgery.