2007 Volume 21 Issue 5 Pages 724-728
We report a case of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for recurrent pneumothorax with Marfan syndrome. This case was a 37-year-old female, who had a history of sternotomy for the rupture of annulo-aortic ectasia, right thoracotomy for right pneumothorax, and left pneumothorax. A chest tube was inserted for right pnemothorax in December, 2006. Because of persistent air leakage, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed. We could identify the bullous lesion at the apical lung after dissecting the adhesion between the right upper lobe and chest wall, and pleural intensification was done after resecting the lesion. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged on postoperative day 6.
