Video-assisted thoracoscopic extirpation of a posterior mediastinal mass using the da Vinci computer enhanced surgical system.

Yoshino, Ichiro; Hashizume, Makoto; Shimada, Mitsuo; Tomikawa, Morimasa; Sugimachi, Keizo · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 28-year-old woman presented a left posterior mediastinal mass surrounded by the intercostal vein, hemiazygos vein, sympathetic nerve, and descending aorta. We successfully resected the mass, that was revealed to be a bronchogenic cyst, by a totally thoracoscopic procedure using the da Vinci computer-enhanced system (Intutive Surgical, Mountain View, CA) without injuring the neighboring structures or the capsule of the mass.

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