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Thoracoscopic resection of bulky intrathoracic benign lesions
Author(s) -
Dominique Gossot,
Ricard Ramos-Izquierdo,
Philippe Girard,
JeanBaptiste Stern,
Pierre Magdeleinat
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.003
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , thoracotomy , bronchogenic cyst , surgery , mediastinum , cyst , thymoma , cardiothoracic surgery , resection , lesion , median sternotomy , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , radiology
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is used for the diagnosis and treatment of some mediastinal lesions. However, large-size tumours are usually approached by thoracotomy or sternotomy. We report our experience of a full thoracoscopic approach for bulky intrathoracic lesions.

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