title: [Thoracoscopic resection of pleural tumor].
abstract: A thoracoscopic operation was safely performed for a case of a intrathoracic tumor. The patient was a 68-year-old male who had been treated for bronchial asthma and recurrent pneumonia. The reason for a successful operation were one-lung-ventilation under general anesthesia, the thoracoscopic electrocautery, the thoracoscopic ultrasonic surgical aspiration system, and thoracoscopic hemoclips. Pathologically the tumor was a benign mesothelioma. The patient was discharged without complications. In the treatment of intrathoracic benign diseases, thoracoscopic surgery is thought to be particularly useful to patients who are at high-risk in conventional thoracic operations due to accompanying respiratory diseases, as well as to patients requiring incisions as small as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitami
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D013906:Thoracoscopy