Open AccessVideoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection
Author(s) -
Cihan Uras,
Erman Aytaç,
Fatih Aydoğan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.85650
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary dissection , port (circuit theory) , surgery , dissection (medical) , breast cancer , breast surgery , axillary lymph node dissection , axilla , mastectomy , cancer , sentinel lymph node , electrical engineering , engineering
Videoendoscopy is newly used in breast and axillary surgery. Single-port surgery is one of the newest methods of minimally invasive surgery. This report describes the first case of videoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection. In histopathological evaluation, 24 lymph nodes were identified and one node was infiltrated by the cancer cells. Videoendoscopic single-port axillary dissection is a precise and improvable technique. Single-port videoendoscopic axillary dissection could be more feasible with individual tools that will be designed for minimally invasive breast surgery.