DIAGNOSTICMEDICAL VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY IN EMERGENCY THORACIC SURGERY
The use of thoracoscopy allowed to some extentim prove the treatment of isolated in juries of the chest organs ofdifferent etiologies.However, despite the successes andadvantages, this method is not widelyused inthe diagnosis ofmultiplechest injuries.In the last 5-7years the emergence of the use of videothoracoscopy has allowed to use this method, not only for diagnosis, but also for certain types of intrathoracicoperations. Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of patients withchest traumadue tocombined and multipleinjuriesimproveslong-term resultsof treatment, namelyan increase in the number of positiveshort-term results, reducing the relative numberof negative results.