Treatment of Esophageal Leiomyoma by Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- VernacularTitle:电视胸腔镜手术治疗食管平滑肌瘤
- Author:
Hui ZHAO
;
Guanchao JIANG
;
Jun LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Esophageal leiomyoma;
Video-assisted thoracoscopy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
2005;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of esophageal leiomyoma.Methods Clinical data of 49 patients with esophageal leiomyoma from September 1996 to February 2009 treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation were reviewed retrospectively.Three or four trocars were used during the operation.The procedure of the surgery was similar to that of open thoracoscopic enucleation.Results In the 49 patients,video-assisted thoracoscopic leiomyoma enucleation was successfully completed in 42 cases.The other 7 patients were converted to open thoracotomy because of the following reasons:dense pleural adhesion in 2,location failure of small tumor(
