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Video-assisted thoracic surgery mediastinal germ cell metastasis resection
Marco Nardini1, Shruti Jayakumar2, Marcello Migliore3
1Cardiothoracic department, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|April 4, 2017
Summary
Thoracoscopy offers a safe method for mediastinal mass dissection. A 3-port posterior approach video-assisted thoracic surgery successfully treated a patient with metastatic germ cell tumor.
Area of Science:
- Thoracic Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
Background:
- Mediastinal masses require effective surgical dissection.
- Germ cell tumors can metastasize to the mediastinum.