title: Initial experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis in the prone position.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Oncology, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan. rmaruyama@nk-cc.go.jp
authors.forename: Riichiroh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Yukito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichinose
mesh_terms: 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