OR / Prep · Thoracic Surgery · laparoscopic
You’re scrubbing into
VATS bullectomy and pleurodesis
Why are we operating?
For the lung that keeps collapsing: staple off the blebs that leak and make the pleura stick so there is nowhere left to collapse into.
Indication: Recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax, persistent air leak, or first episode in high-risk contexts.
The operation in 4 steps
01Access and inspection
02Bullectomy
03Pleurodesis
04Drain and re-expansion
Watch it done
Talc pleurodesis: preparation and intrapleural administration of talc slurry
How the slurry is made and given through the drain, and what the patient feels afterwards.
Source: Singapore General Hospital · Watch on YouTube
Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.