Table 2. Therapeutic indications (as performed in the author’s practice).
Bullous ligation |
Pleurodesis |
Pleurectomy |
Decortication |
Lobectomy |
Pneumonectomy |
Mediastinal lymph node clearance |
Oesophagectomy (chest part; abdominal mobilisation of stomach performed laparoscopically) |
Ruptured diaphragm |
Clotted haemothorax |
Trauma |
Thymectomy |
Mediastinal masses |
Posterior mediastinal masses |
Sympathectomy |
First rib resection |
Pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure) |
Pectus carinatum (Abrahams procedure) |