Abstract:Objective To explore the effect and summarize clinical experience of thoracoscopic-assisted small incision surgery in treatment of thoracic trauma.Methods Clinical data of 80 patients with chest trauma from October 2017 to June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed and divided into observation group (n = 40) and control group (n = 40) according to different treatment methods, the control group was given thoracotomy, and the observation group was given thoracoscopy-assisted small incision. The surgical effects of the two groups were compared.Results In the observation group, the operation time, hospital stay, chest tube retention time and the activity time of getting out of bed were significant shorter than those of the control group [(61.25 ± 9.43) vs (95.29 ± 12.04) min, (6.51 ± 1.42) vs (12.94 ± 1.85) d, (4.34 ± 1.85) vs (7.28 ± 2.17) d, (9.23 ± 1.78) vs (14.26 ± 2.38) d], the bleeding volume and thoracic drainage volume 24 h after operation were significant less than those of the control group[(122.62 ± 48.16) vs (257.83 ± 72.36) mL, (107.31 ± 10.26) vs (386.14±28.64) mL], the incision length was significantly shorter than that of the control group [(7.74 ± 0.76) vs (16.31 ± 0.68) cm], the postoperative incision pain degree was significantly lower than that of the control group [(3.65 ± 1.27) vs (5.94 ± 1.41)]. Before the operation, there was no significant difference in self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) between the two groups [(57.18 ± 4.85) vs (56.62 ± 4.95), (55.28 ± 4.92) vs (55.31 ± 4.75)] (P > 0.05); One week after operation, SAS and SDS in the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group [(37.26 ± 2.75) vs (48.53 ± 4.42), (35.27 ± 3.02) vs (47.13 ± 4.08)] (P < 0.05). The incidence of complications in the observation group was 5.00%, significantly lower than 25.00% in the control group (P < 0.05). There were no patients who died during the operation in the observation group and 3 patients in the control group died during the operation. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ2 = 3.12, P = 0.077).Conclusion Thoracoscopic-assisted small incision surgery has less trauma for patients with chest trauma, can improve the surgical indicators and psychological state of patients, and reduce the complications and intraoperative mortality of patients, which has obvious advantages in the treatment of chest trauma.