TY - JOUR
T1 - Robotic Hybrid Approach for an Anterior Pancoast Tumor in a Severely Obese Patient
AU - Mariolo, Alessio Vincenzo
AU - Casiraghi, Monica
AU - Galetta, Domenico
AU - Spaggiari, Lorenzo
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Several different surgical approaches to anterior Pancoast tumors have been proposed. The osteomuscular-sparing transmanubrial approach allows optimal exposure and control of apical chest wall structures, but it requires an additional thoracotomy to perform the lobectomy with radical lymph node resection. The presented technique combines the osteomuscular-sparing transmanubrial approach with robotic-assisted upper lobectomy in a severely obese patient, thereby reducing the invasiveness of the surgical approach and the postoperative complications.
AB - Several different surgical approaches to anterior Pancoast tumors have been proposed. The osteomuscular-sparing transmanubrial approach allows optimal exposure and control of apical chest wall structures, but it requires an additional thoracotomy to perform the lobectomy with radical lymph node resection. The presented technique combines the osteomuscular-sparing transmanubrial approach with robotic-assisted upper lobectomy in a severely obese patient, thereby reducing the invasiveness of the surgical approach and the postoperative complications.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051642387
VL - 106
SP - e115-e116
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
SN - 0003-4975
IS - 3
ER -