VATS resection of a mediastinal neurogenic dumbbell tumor.
Some posterior mediastinal tumors can be safely resected with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), but the safety of resecting a dumbbell-shaped tumor has been questioned. This article reports the successful removal of a dumbbell-shaped cystic schwannoma at T4 using a posterior laminectomy and VATS, with the patient in the prone position.
McKenna
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Department of Surgery (Thoracic), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90017, USA.
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D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000601:surgery; D016684:Prone Position; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014741:Video Recording