title: Intrathoracic goiter: approaching the posterior mediastinal mass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Landreneau
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nawarawong
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Boley
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments