title: Extraction of substernal goitre using an innovative vacuum device.
abstract: The extraction by cervicotomy of substernal goitres may be impossible and sometimes requires the enlargement of the thoracic inlet with at least a sternal-split. We present the extraction of a posterior mediastinal substernal goitre with the application of an innovative vacuum-based suction device, previously used for the control of bleeding from the heart and great vessels in clinical and experimental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. pybrichon@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Brichon
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Porcu
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreau-Gaudry
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014618:Vacuum