title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic extirpation of a posterior mediastinal mass using the da Vinci computer enhanced surgical system.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman presented a left posterior mediastinal mass surrounded by the intercostal vein, hemiazygos vein, sympathetic nerve, and descending aorta. We successfully resected the mass, that was revealed to be a bronchogenic cyst, by a totally thoracoscopic procedure using the da Vinci computer-enhanced system (Intutive Surgical, Mountain View, CA) without injuring the neighboring structures or the capsule of the mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, a Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. iyoshino@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Morimasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomikawa
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*