title: Combined endoluminal-intracavitary thoracoscopic enucleation of leiomyoma of the esophagus. A new method.
abstract: Thoracoscopic enucleation of leiomyoma of the esophagus was successfully performed in three cases with a new technique called the "balloon push-out method." Instead of pulling the tumor, which is hard to grasp because of its delicate nature, we pushed it out of the esophageal wall with a balloon-mounted intraluminal endoscope in order to perform the operation faster and more safely. We found this technique to be very useful in this kind of operation.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*