title: [Usefulness of video-assisted thoracic surgery techniques in intra-thoracic mass resection in children].
abstract: The progressive advances in Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, are applied presently to the surgical treatment of intra-thoracic injuries in children by way of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) techniques. We present the complete findings of two intra-thoracic masses, in an infant and in a school-aged child, with the use of the VATS technique. The operative technique is detailed in each case. We conclude that the lack of invasiveness and cost-efficiency of VATS the technique, constitute it as being the first choice in the treatment of intra-thoracic masses in children.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Central de Asturias.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alvarez Zapico
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García Saavedra
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed