If you can choose interventional surgery, don't open the chest.
Interventional surgery is a new method to treat this disease. The main disadvantage is that this technology is not very mature in some areas and hospitals. It is necessary to comprehensively consider and finally choose a good hospital and a good doctor!
Interventional surgery is risky (in fact, all operations are risky), and I am really speechless. I can't explain it clearly in a word or two. Whether interventional surgery is safe, how much pain and risk does thoracotomy have to bear, find your own information to popularize science! I can only say that adults should be responsible for themselves and reap the consequences. I have read an article written by a lady here about the process of thoracotomy. What impressed me most was that she said that she would not comment on interventional surgery. As far as I know, she can intervene without thoracotomy. Parents are more responsible for their children. Before you choose to open the chest for your child, do you really know there is no better way?
Finally, I want to say that the national medical level is extremely unbalanced. Many hospitals can't do or can't do interventional surgery well, which depends on the medical equipment and the medical level and experience of doctors. Many patients here went to a good hospital nearby and were told not to intervene, so they immediately gave up and chose to open the chest. I can only say that many people who came to Fuwai for interventional surgery were told by doctors elsewhere that they could not intervene and the intervention failed! At present, in China, only a few authoritative hospital experts tell you not to intervene. You can give up this surgical method and choose to open the chest.
So: if you can choose interventional surgery, don't open the chest.