Thoracoscopic resection of benign schwannoma.
The recent improvement of endoscopic surgical instruments allows new therapeutical application of thoracoscopy. We report a thoracoscopic resection of a benign schwannoma of the 6th intercostal nerve in a 35-year-old patient. The operative technique and extraction of the tumor from the chest is described. Postoperative morbidity was minor. We consider the thoracoscopic resection as first choice of treatment.
Weder
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Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Schlumpf
R
R
Schimmer
R
R
Kotulek
T
T
Largiadèr
F
F
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods