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VATS resection of a mediastinal neurogenic dumbbell tumor
R J McKenna1, D Maline, G Pratt
1Department of Surgery (Thoracic), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90017, USA.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
Some posterior mediastinal tumors can be safely resected with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), but the safety of resecting a dumbbell-shaped tumor has been questioned. This article reports the successful removal of a dumbbell-shaped cystic schwannoma at T4 using a posterior laminectomy and VATS, with the patient in the prone position.