title: Single-incision surgery with SILS port for anterior mediastinal lesions: initial experience.
abstract: Infrasternal mediastinoscopic single-incision surgery is a minimally invasive surgical option for patients with anterior mediastinal lesions. The main drawback of the procedure is difficult when handling the endoscopic instruments through the small infrasternal incision. Herein, we report our initial experience with use of the procedure in 2 patients with bronchogenic cysts in the anterior mediastinum. We found that use of an SILS Port, now widely available for single-incision laparoscopic surgery, can decrease the difficulty of this approach.
authors: General Thoracic Surgery, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. hshiono@nara.med.kindai.ac.jp
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Shiono
authors: Kohei
authors: K
authors: Nishiki
authors: Mitsunori
authors: M
authors: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D056888:Patient Positioning