Complicaciones con el uso de la toracoscopia en el Hospital "Teodoro Maldonado Carbo" durante el año 2016.

Abstract

Introduction: Thoracoscopy is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, this technique has great scope and due to its massive use presents medical complications. Objective: To demonstrate the complications with the use of thoracoscopy in the Hospital "Teodoro Maldonado Carbo" during the year 2016. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was carried out that included all patients undergoing thoracoscopy and with complete data in the Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo of the city of Guayaquil during the year 2016 Results: 104 patients were included, 59.6% are male (62) and 40.4% are female (42) with an average of age 48 years. The main diagnosis by which this procedure was performed was the pulmonary tumor followed by the plural effusion. In 58.6% of the cases there were no complications. The most frequent complication is intercostal Neuritis in 24.4% along with pneumotorax in 5.77%. It was found that the technique that most complications present is the surgical VATS. Conclusion: the most frequent complication presented in the patients studied was intercostal neuritis.