Initial experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis in the prone position.
We performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis with the patient in the prone position because the use of the full lateral decubitus position was not possible owing to a deformity of the upper extremity, which existed because of a previous operation for osteosarcoma. In cases where the lateral decubitus position cannot be used, the prone position is both safe and effective for treating dorsal lesions of the lung by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Maruyama
Riichiroh
R
Department of Thoracic Oncology, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan. rmaruyama@nk-cc.go.jp
Miyake
Tetsuro
T
Suzuki
Yukiko
Y
Shoji
Fumihiro
F
Okamoto
Tatsuro
T
Ichinose
Yukito
Y
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016684:Prone Position; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed