title: Video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of chest wall en bloc for lung carcinoma.
abstract: A video-assisted thoracic surgery approach to en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the chest wall is described. Using a minimally invasive surgical approach combined with neoadjuvant external beam radiotherapy, complete resection of an upper lobe carcinoma invading two rib segments was performed in a manner that permitted complete resection with curative intent and allowed for rapid recovery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA. mdw@north-jersey-thoracic.com
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Widmann
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Caccavale
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bocage
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed