Extrapleural thoracoscopic excision of a mediastinal bronchogenic cyst in a patient with dense pleural adhesions.
We report the case of a 70-year-old man with dense pleural adhesions who underwent an excision of a mediastinal bronchogenic cyst by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) through an extrapleural approach. The VATS approach for the diagnostic and therapeutic excision of a mediastinal tumor is easier and safer than an intrapleural approach if a patient has dense pleural adhesions.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido Prefectural Kitami Hospital, Kitami, Japan. hiroki@sapmed.ac.jp
Hiroki
H
Sato
Atsushi
A
Watanabe
Tamotsu
T
Yamaguchi
Nobuhiro
N
Harada
Satomi
S
Inoue
Tomio
T
Abe
D000368:Aged; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D000267:Tissue Adhesions