title: Prone Position Is Useful in Thoracoscopic Enucleation of Esophageal Leiomyoma.
abstract: A 36-year-old man was admitted to our institute due to the diagnosis of esophageal submucosal tumor detected by a periodical upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination without any complaint. Thoracoscopic enucleation of the lesion with the preoperative clinical diagnosis of esophageal leiomyoma was performed under general anesthesia in the prone position. After immunohistochemical examination, the pathological diagnosis was leiomyoma. There was no remarkable event during the postoperative hospital stay, and the patient was discharged on the 12th day after surgery. This case report suggests that the prone position might be superior to the left lateral decubitus position in thoracoscopic enucleation of esophageal leiomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeno
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nimura
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ippei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamana
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimaoka
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryousuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironari
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiwaku
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kanefumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
keywords: Esophageal leiomyoma; Prone position; Thoracoscopic enucleation