Complete port-accessed lobectomy by the muscle-sparing method.
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 The operation was performed by using only thoracovideoscopy, and the resected lobe was withdrawn in a pouch through a subxiphoid incision through the substernal route.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.
Doki
Yoshinori
Y
First Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan. ydoki@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Ichiki
Katsuyuki
K
Tsuda
Motoharu
M
Toge
Masayoshi
M
Misaki
Takuro
T
Usuda
Katsuo
K
Sugiyama
Shigeki
S
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*