title: Thoracoscopic resection of benign schwannoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schlumpf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schimmer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotulek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Largiadèr
mesh_terms: 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