Intrathoracic goiter: approaching the posterior mediastinal mass.
The surgical management of posterior mediastinal goiters can pose considerable technical difficulty. We illustrate a method of sterile spoon extraction that can facilitate the cervical or limited cervicomediastinal approach to these lesions.
Landreneau
R J
RJ
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Nawarawong
W
W
Boley
T M
TM
Johnson
J A
JA
Curtis
J J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments