Thoracoscopic removal of benign tumours of the oesophagus.
Thoracoscopic excision of an oesophageal leiomyoma was successfully performed in 4 patients. The tumours were enucleated easily without intraoperative complication. A patient in whom the muscular layer was not sutured after removal of the myoma presented with a pseudo-diverticulum one year after the operation and required a thoracotomy for resection. This new procedure which reduces the operative trauma and postoperative pain and allows quick recovery, is described.
Bardini
R
R
University of Padua, 1. Surgical Department, Italy.
Segalin
A
A
Asolati
M
M
Bonavina
L
L
Pavanello
M
M
D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed