Experience with thoracoscopic resection for mediastinal mature teratoma: a retrospective analysis of 15 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is widely used for the resection of a mediastinal mass, it is converted to an open resection in some patients with a mature teratoma because of dense adhesions. We reviewed cases with a mature teratoma removed by VATS and investigated the indications for that procedure for this tumour.

Methods

We retrospectively investigated 15 patients with a benign mediastinal mature teratoma who underwent a thoracoscopic procedure.

Results

The mean tumour diameter was 5.3 cm (range 3.2-8.5). The mean operative time was 188 min (78-430), and intraoperative blood loss was 138 ml (10-450). Thoracoscopic resection was completed in all except 3 patients with larger tumours, which presented the most difficult problems with d

SUBMITTER: Shintani Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3598042 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature