[Esophageal leiomyoma. Six cases of video-assisted enucleation].
OBJECTIVE
To report our experience with video-assisted enucleation of esophageal leiomyomas.


METHODS
Retrospective analysis of six (five men and a woman) patients who underwent video-assisted submucosal tumor enucleation (4 with thoracoscopy and 2 with laparoscopy).


RESULTS
Only one patient had postoperative complications: a parietal hematoma at a trocar site and a fever with right pleural, resolved after pleural drainage. Outcome was satisfactory for all patients, and no relapses have been noted.


CONCLUSIONS
Video-assisted surgery offers incontrovertible advantages for the treatment of this benign pathology.
Ousadden
Abdelmalek
A
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon (69). Electronic address: aousadden@yahoo.fr.
Bourdariat
Raphaël
R
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon (69).
Poncet
Gilles
G
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon (69).
Boulez
Jean
J
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon (69).
D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*