Port-site recurrence after thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis owing to osteogenic sarcoma.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is being used increasingly to evaluate and treat intrathoracic pathology. Port-site seeding is a rare but feared complication when minimally invasive surgical techniques are used in the evaluation and treatment of malignancies. The authors report a case of port-site seeding after thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis from an osteogenic sarcoma.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Denver, CO, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*