European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 8, 657-659, Copyright © 1994 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Rotating brush for video-assisted thoracoscopic pleural abrasion
FM Smolle-Juettner, H Pinter, H Jeran, H Popper, B Ratzenhofer, K Lainer and G Friehs
Department of Thoracic and Hyperbaric Surgery, University of Graz, Austria.
We present a simple device enabling parietal pleural abrasion during
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The rotating brush facilitates
safe pleurodesis in patients with pneumothorax obviating the need for
additional chemical agents or pleurectomy.