AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF VIDEO-THORACOSCOPIC INTERVENTIONS FOR BULLOUS LUNG DISEASE USING VARIOUS METHODS OF PLEURODESIS

Abstract

Bullous emphysema is characterized by the progression of respiratory symptoms and involves a permanent expansion of the airspace in the distal terminal bronchioles due to the destruction of the alveolar sacs, loss of elastic tissue, airway collapse and impaired gas exchange (Hoyert DL 2011; Bertolaccini L, 2017). The pathophysiology of bullous emphysema involves valvular bronchoblocking, which allows air to enter but not exit the cystic space (Guo Y, 2010; Hoyert DL, 2011).