Minimal access anterior mediastinotomy
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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Marcello Migliore1, Alessandra Criscione, Damiano Calvo
1Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. mmiglior@unict.it
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|November 27, 2012
Abstract:
Anterior mediastinotomy and VATS are today the most common surgical approaches to obtain tissue diagnosis or to remove mediastinal lesions. However, both methods lead to inconveniences. This report demonstrates the advantages of a minimal access mediastinotomy to remove or diagnose mediastinal lesions.
