From September '91 to April '94 22 mediastinal masses (6 thymomas, 2 thymic cysts, 2 thymic hyperplasias, one of them with myasthenia, 1 fibrous tumour of the mediastinum, 2 pleuropericardial cysts, 3 thoracic dysembriomas, 2 large thoracic lipomas, 4 neurogenic tumours) were removed through a minimally invasive approach. Mediastinal masses are generally excised through wide thorawtomies or median sternotomies. They are often benign, usually asymptomatic, diswvered incidentally and relatively easy to resect. for these reasons a minimally invasive approach is appropriate. The patients had an uneventful post-operative course except for two who developed haemorrhage in the immediate postoperative period: in both cases a re-thoracoswpy allowed to solve the problem.
Videothoracoscopic excision of mediastinal masses / G.C. Roviaro, C. Rebuffat, F. Varoli, C. Vergani, M. Maciocco, S.M. Scalambra, D. Sonnino, G. Gozi. - In: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY. - ISSN 0930-2794. - 8:8(1994), pp. 966-966. (Intervento presentato al 2. convegno International Congress of The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) tenutosi a Madrid nel 1994).
Videothoracoscopic excision of mediastinal masses
G.C. RoviaroPrimo
;C. RebuffatSecondo
;F. Varoli;C. Vergani;M. Maciocco;
1994
Abstract
From September '91 to April '94 22 mediastinal masses (6 thymomas, 2 thymic cysts, 2 thymic hyperplasias, one of them with myasthenia, 1 fibrous tumour of the mediastinum, 2 pleuropericardial cysts, 3 thoracic dysembriomas, 2 large thoracic lipomas, 4 neurogenic tumours) were removed through a minimally invasive approach. Mediastinal masses are generally excised through wide thorawtomies or median sternotomies. They are often benign, usually asymptomatic, diswvered incidentally and relatively easy to resect. for these reasons a minimally invasive approach is appropriate. The patients had an uneventful post-operative course except for two who developed haemorrhage in the immediate postoperative period: in both cases a re-thoracoswpy allowed to solve the problem.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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