Recent advances in video-assisted thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal tumours

Surgeon

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Ng, Calvin S H ^a   Wong, Randolph H L ^a   Hsin, Michael K Y ^a   Yeung, Eugene C L ^a   Wan, Song ^a   Wan, Innes Y P ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Underwood, Malcolm J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumour; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ROBOTICS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955662676     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

References (29)

1. Davis R.D., Newland Oldham H., Sabiston D.C. Primary cysts and neoplasms of the mediastinum: recent changes in clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis, management and results. Ann Thorac Surg 1987, 44:229-237.
2. Takeda S., Miyoshi S., Minami M., Matsuda H. Intrathoracic neurogenic tumors - 50 years' experience in a Japanese institution. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004, 26:807-812.
3. Kan P., Schmidt M.H. Minimally invasive thoracoscopic resection of paraspinal neurogenic tumors: technical case report. Neurosurgery 2008, 63(1 Suppl. 1). ONSE54.
4. Yim A.P. Thoracoscopic resection of an esophageal cyst in a 4-year-old girl. Chest 1996, 110:545-546.
5. Ng C.S.H., Wan S., Underwood M.J., Yim A.P.C. VATS and extramedullary haematopoiesis. Eur Respir J 2006, 28:255-256.
6. Landreneau R.J., Dowling R.D., Ferson P.F. Thoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumor. Chest 1992, 102:1288-1290.
7. Shigemura N., Hsin M.K., Yim A.P. Segmental rib resection for difficult cases of video-assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006, 132:701-702.
8. Barrenechea I.J., Fukumoto R., Lesser J.B., Ewing D.R., Connery C.P., Perin N.I. Endoscopic resection of thoracic paravertebral and dumbbell tumors. Neurosurgery 2006, 59:1195-1202.
9. Vallières E., Findlay M., Fraser R.E. Combined microneurosurgical and thoracoscopic removal of neurogenic dumbbell tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 1995, 59:469-472.
10. Yamaguchi M., Yoshino I., Kameyama T., Osoegawa A., Tagawa T., Maehara Y. Thoracoscopic surgery combined with a supraclavicular approach for removing a cervico-mediastinal neurogenic tumor: a case report. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006, 12:194-196.
11. Chowbey P.K., Vashistha A., Khullar R., Sharma A., Soni V., Baijal M., et al. Laparoscopic excision of a lower posterior mediastinal paraspinal mass: technique and feasibility of the laparoscopic approach. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2002, 12:378-381.
12. Yoshino I., Hashizume M., Shimada M., Tomikawa M., Sugimachi K. Video-assisted thoracoscopic extirpation of a posterior mediastinal mass using the da Vinci computer enhanced surgical system. Ann Thorac Surg 2002, 74:1235-1237.
13. Ng C.S.H., Whelan R.L., Lacy A.M., Yim A.P.C. Is minimal access surgery for cancer associated with immunologic benefits?. World J Surg 2005, 29:975-981.
14. Yim A.P. Minimizing chest wall trauma in video assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995, 109:1255-1256.
15. Hazelrigg S.R., Boley T.M., Krasna M.J., Landreneau R.J., Yim A.P. Thoracoscopic resection of posterior neurogenic tumors. Am Surg 1999, 65:1129-1133.
16. Nakamura Y., Matsumura A., Katsura H., Sakaguchi M., Ito N., Kitahara N., et al. Successful video-thoracoscopic drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009, 57:111-115.
17. Hsu C.H., Lee C.M., Wang F.C., Fang C.L. Neurofibroma with increased uptake of [F-18]-fluoro-2 deoxy-D-glucose interpreted as a metastatic lesion. Ann Nucl Med 2003, 17:609-611.
18. Ho A.M., Karmakar M.K., Critchley L.A., Ng S.K., Wat C.Y. Placing the tip of the endotracheal tube at the carina and passing the endobronchial blocker through the Murphy eye may reduce the risk of blocker retrograde dislodgement during one-lung anaesthesia in small children. Br J Anaesth 2008, 101:690-693.
19. Liu H.P., Yim A.P., Wan J., Chen H., Wu Y.C., Liu Y.H., et al. Thoracoscopic removal of intrathoracic neurogenic tumors: a combined Chinese experience. Ann Surg 2000, 232:187-190.
20. Braumann C., Jacobi C.A., Menenakos C., Ismail M., Rueckert J.C., Mueller J.M. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery with the da Vinci System: a 4-year experience in a single institution. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2008, 18:260-266.
21. Chan A.P., Wan I.Y., Wong R.H., Hsin M.K., Underwood M.J. Robot-assisted excision of ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2010, 18:65-67.
22. Bodner J., Wykypiel H., Greiner A., Kirchmayr W., Freund M.C., Margreiter R., et al. Early experience with robot-assisted surgery for mediastinal masses. Ann Thorac Surg 2004, 78:259-265.
23. Bacchetta M.D., Korst R.J., Altorki N.K., Port J.L., Isom O.W., Mack C.A. Resection of a symptomatic pericardial cyst using the computer-enhanced da Vinci Surgical System. Ann Thorac Surg 2003, 75:1953-1955.
24. Meehan J.J., Sandler A.D. Robotic resection of mediastinal masses in children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2008, 18:114-119.
25. Li W.W., Lee T.W., Yim A.P. Shoulder function after thoracic surgery. Thorac Surg Clin 2004, 14:331-343.
26. Riquet M., Mouroux J., Pons F., Debrosse D., Dujon A., Dahan M., et al. Videothoracoscopic excision of thoracic neurogenic tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 1995, 60:943-946.
27. Bousamra M., Haasler G.B., Patterson G.A., Roper C.L. A comparative study of thoracoscopic vs open removal of benign neurogenic mediastinal tumors. Chest 1996, 109:1461-1465.
28. Yim A.P. VATS major pulmonary resection revisited - controversies, techniques, and results. Ann Thorac Surg 2002, 74:615-623.
29. Han P.P., Dickman C.A. Thoracoscopic resection of thoracic neurogenic tumors. J Neurosurg 2002, 96:304-308.