title: VATS resection of a mediastinal neurogenic dumbbell tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Thoracic), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90017, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maline
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pratt
mesh_terms: 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