title: Minimally Invasive Tracheal Resection: Cervical Approach Plus Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.
abstract: Tracheal resection for adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a well-documented procedure. Surgical resection of these lesions offers patients the greatest potential chance of survival. Midtracheal tumors are usually resected through a maximally invasive sternotomy or thoracotomy. We report a midtracheal resection of a symptomatic ACC in a 25-year-old man by video-assisted thoracoscopic hilar release and suprasternal anastomotic approaches. The patient's recovery was complicated by chylothorax and pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lonie
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ch'ng
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Naveed Z
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: gavin.wright@svhm.org.au.
authors.forename: Gavin M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*