Videoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection.
Videoendoscopy is newly used in breast and axillary surgery. Single-port surgery is one of the newest methods of minimally invasive surgery. This report describes the first case of videoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection. In histopathological evaluation, 24 lymph nodes were identified and one node was infiltrated by the cancer cells. Videoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection is a precise and improvable technique. Single-port videoendoscopic axillary dissection could be more feasible with individual tools that will be designed for minimally invasive breast surgery.
Department of Surgery, Division of Breast Diseases, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cihan
C
Uras
Erman
E
Aytac
Fatih
F
Aydogan