Combined endoluminal-intracavitary thoracoscopic enucleation of leiomyoma of the esophagus. A new method.
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.
Izumi
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First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Inoue
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Endo
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D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*