Application and clinical effects in lung bullae resection of CT 3-dimensional reconstruction

Background: To investigate the value and clinical effect of computed tomography (CT) 3-dimensional reconstruction technology in lung bullae resection. Methods: Ninety-eight patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgical resection of lung bullae in our hospital from February 2019 to February 2023 were selected and divided into 2 groups according to the principle of voluntary participation in the clinical trial, of which 43 cases underwent preoperative spiral CT for thin-layer enhancement or planar CT scanning of lung bullae (control group), and 43 cases were imaged with MimicsMedical 21 software for 3-dimensional reconstruction to develop a surgical plan (observation group). To compare the surgery-related indexes, postoperative complications, pain, and analgesic use between the 2 groups, we measured serum creatine phosphokinase and myoglobin levels. Results: The amount of surgical bleeding, drainage volume, hospital stay, and postoperative visual analog scale score of the research group were lower than those of the control group ( P < .05), and the duration of analgesic medication was shorter than that of the control group ( P < .05), and the levels of serum creatine phosphokinase and myoglobin were lower than those of the control group at 1 and 3 days postoperatively, and the differences were statistically significant ( P < .05). Conclusion: Preoperative CT 3-dimensional reconstruction technique can clearly show the anatomical structures around the lung bullae and has its application value for precise lung bullae.