TY - JOUR AU - Faso, Felice Lo AU - Davoli, Fabio AU - Bagioni, Paolo AU - Bertolaccini, Luca AU - Solli, Piergiorgio PY - 2017 TI - Biportal VATS approach in the treatment of penetrating thoracic trauma: a case report JF - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery; Vol 2 (February 2017): Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - We report a case of a penetrating thoracic trauma caused by a stab wound that determined a laceration of the middle lobe and a resulting right hemopneumothorax. The patient underwent a successful biportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) procedure consisting in the evacuation of all the blood collections from the pleural space associated with a wedge resection of the damaged lung tissue of the middle lobe. The patient had a complete recovery of the pulmonary function and was discharged on postoperative day five. UR - https://vats.amegroups.org/article/view/3685