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. 2015 Mar;6(2):230-2.
doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12189. Epub 2015 Mar 2.

Subxyphoid single-incision thoracoscopic pulmonary metastasectomy

Chia-Chuan Liu  1 , Bing-Yen Wang  2 , Chih-Shiun Shih  1 , Wei-Cheng Lin  3
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Subxyphoid single-incision thoracoscopic pulmonary metastasectomy

Chia-Chuan Liu et al. Thorac Cancer. 2015 Mar.

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.

Keywords: Single-port; subxyphoid; thoracoscopic pulmonary metastasectomy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Lingular lobe lesion. (b) Right lower lobe tumor, computed tomography-guided tattoo created preoperatively. (c) Right lower lobe lesion, near the diaphragm. (d) Subxyphoid single-port wedge resection of the right lower lobe tumor.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Dissection of the minor fissure to approach the middle lobe pulmonary arteries. (b) The incomplete minor fissure was divided by using an endocutter to complete the right middle lobe lobectomy via the subxyphoid single-port approach.
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