[Surgical thoracoscopy].
UNLABELLED: Thoracoscopic adhesiolysis since 1913 (Jacobaeus). Thoracoscopic targets: Sympathetic system, vagus system, lymphatic system, lung. INDICATIONS: Arterial circulation disturbances, posttraumatic reflexdystrophy ("Sudeck"), Hyperhidrosis syndromes, erythrodermy syndromes; pain syndromes: causalgiform, splanchnicotomy for chronic pancreatitis. For peptic jejunal ulcer thoracoscopic splanchnico-vagotomy. For bronchial asthma selective vagotomy of bronchial rami. Operative techniques. Hemostasis: low-frequency thermocoagulation, unipolar and bipolar high-frequency coagulation, with thermostabilisation. Videoendoscopy with minicameras. Electronic frame freezing for colour slides.
Electrocoagulation↗