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Extrapleural resection of lung metastasis in a patient with dense pleural adhesions using VATS
A Watanabe1, A Yamauchi, J Sakata
1Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. QZV07547@nifty.ne.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 28, 2001
Abstract:
We report the case of a 78-year-old man with dense pleural adhesion who underwent a resection of a lung metastasis by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) through an extrapleural approach. The approach for diagnosis and therapeutic wedge resection of a lung tumor by VATS is easier and safer than an intrapleural approach if the patient has dense pleural adhesions.

