title: Totally thoracoscopic tracheoplasty for a squamous cell carcinoma of the mediastinal trachea.
abstract: This report describes the first totally thoracoscopic tracheoplasty for a squamous cell carcinoma at the mediastinal trachea. The surgical procedure was conducted with five access incisions. A segment of the trachea was resected circumferentially, and the tracheal stumps were joined by an end-to-end anastomosis. The patient recovered rapidly and was discharged on the 12th postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. Electronic address: guofzhao@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Guofang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Caijun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Minglei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Xuekui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Xukai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*