title: Complete port-accessed lobectomy by the muscle-sparing method.
abstract: We report the case of a 53-year-old woman who underwent complete port-accessed middle lobectomy by a new technique that preserves all muscles, including the extracostal and intercostal muscles. The operation was performed by using only thoracovideoscopy, and the resected lobe was withdrawn in a pouch through a subxiphoid incision through the substernal route. This complete port-accessed lobectomy is a new technique and is thought to be less invasive than video-assisted lobectomy with minithoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan. ydoki@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doki
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: Motoharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toge
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misaki
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*