The Star Hospital provides the best Thoracoscopic Surgery in Jalandhar. Thoracoscopic is also known as VATS (Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery). Thoracoscopic is like laparoscopy, where “lapar” refers to the abdomen, and “Thorac” refers to the chest, so Thorascopy is directly related to the chest. A doctor uses a procedure to look at the space inside the chest, i.e., outside of the lungs. This procedure can be done with a thoroscope,thoroscope is a thin and flexible tube, and at the end of this tube, a small video camera fits. During the VATS procedure, This tube is placed near the lower end of the shoulder blade between the ribs and inserted into the chest. Then Thoroscope transfers the inside images of the chest onto the monitor and guides the Doctor in performing the procedure. This technique is used to diagnose the problems in your chest.
1. Dark purple or blue.
2. Having an ache in the legs or heavy legs (often worse at night and after exercise).
3. Veins appear twisted and bulging in legs
4. Burning, pulsating, muscle cramps and swelling in the lower part of the legs
5. Worse pain after standing or sitting for a long time.
6. Bleeding from varicose veins
7. Cramps may develop, especially when making a sudden standing up.
8. In some cases, some people have the problem that the skin above the ankle may shrink. This is because the fat under the skin becomes very hard.
9. Irregular scar-like patches can appear at the ankles sometimes. This is known as atrophy, Blanche.
10. Itching around one or more of the veins.
Doctors or Surgeons will give you general anaesthesia In the first stage of the Thoracoscopic surgery. Thoracoscopy is rarely performed calmly. The Doctor will follow the below thoracoscopic procedure steps during the time of surgery:
1. Give you medicine through IV sedation which means an IV will be placed in your arm to feel relaxed during the thoracoscopy procedure. It also helps you to relax and decrease the pain of the treatment.
2. In the next step, the Doctor will put a tube in the patient’s throat so the machine can handle the patient’s breathing.
3. After that, Doctor will make two or three cuts, more diminutive than half an inch) over the seventh, sixth, and fourth ribs of the patient.
4. Then, the Doctor will Put a thoracoscope into the patient’s pleural space.
5. Also, Put some other tools into the other incisions.
6. The next job of the Doctor is to Perform surgery and take samples of areas that look abnormal.
7. The Doctor will take the thoracoscope and other tools out of the patient’s chest.
8. Now Doctor will put a chest tube into the patient’s pleural space to get air out, which reverses the collapsed lung.
9. Next step is to close the incisions.
10. In the last step, the Doctor will wake you up and allow the patient to breathe on their own.
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