Abstract:

Objective: To investigate the nursing experience in operative cooperation and intraoperative care of single hole
thoracoscope for pulmonary bulla resection. Methods: Data of 28 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax underwent single hole
thoracoscopic pulmonary bulla resection in the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province from June 2014 to March 2015 were
retrospectively analyzed and summarized care experience. Results: All patients were applied surgery with single hole thoracoscope, no
transfer to open chest surgery. All patients were drainaged with 16# silicone intrathoracic drainage tube after operation. The operative
times were 30 to 80 min（mean 55 min）, bleeding were 5 to 30 mL and incision length were between 2.5-3.0 cm. Postoperatively all
28 patients returned to the ward safely. Conclusion: The single hole thoracoscopic pulmonary bulla resection put forward higher
requirements for nurses of operation room. Operation room nurses need to be more professional, skilled operation with technology, in
order to meet the needs of the development of surgical operation.

Key words: single hole thoracoscopy, bullae of lung resection, intraoperative care