Open AccessRobotic circumferential tracheal resection and reconstruction via a completely portal approach
Author(s) -
Qiu Tong,
Zhao Yandong,
Song Jianfang,
Jiao Wenjie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.12955
Subject(s) - medicine , left main bronchus , bronchoscopy , anastomosis , tracheal stenosis , leiomyosarcoma , flexible bronchoscopy , resection , radiology , surgery , stenosis
Robotic surgery for circumferential tracheal resection and reconstruction has not previously been reported. Herein we describe the case of a 48‐year‐old man with primary extra‐luminal tracheal leiomyosarcoma. A preoperative bronchoscopy exam and chest computed tomography revealed a tracheal neoplasm, which derived from lower membranous trachea and nearly obstructed the orifice of the left main bronchus. The patient underwent circumferential tracheal resection and reconstruction via a completely portal robotic approach with four arms. Benefitting from flexible instruments and a three‐dimensional magnified view, telescope anastomosis was performed and modulated. No postoperative complications presented. Follow‐up showed the reconstructed trachea without stenosis or recurrence.