title: Videothoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal tumor.
abstract: We report a complete videothoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal tumor (neurilemmoma) in a 43-year-old man. The tumor was located in the right cupula of pleura and well demarcated. The tumor was mobilized under videothoracoscopic guidance and extracted from the thoracic cavity through a trocar site. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the postoperative pain could be reduced.
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording