Subxyphoid single-incision thoracoscopic pulmonary metastasectomy.

ABSTRACT: Single-incision thoracoscopic surgery has increasingly attracted public interest and been applied in numerous thoracic procedures. However, single-incision thoracoscopic surgery is associated with requiring subsequent procedures, such as intercostal neuralgia. Herein, we extend the single-port technique of pulmonary metastasectomy through a single subxiphoid approach, and report the first two cases of this procedure to date.

SUBMITTER: Liu CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448495 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature