Successful mediastinal teratoma resection in a child by assisted VATS: a case report

Abstract Background Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is widely used for thoracic lesions in pediatric patients. VATS is also applied to pediatric mediastinal tumors if there is no adhesion or invasion between the tumor and adjacent neuronal and cardiovascular structures. Here, we present a ped...

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Main Authors: Masato Kojima, Ryo Touge, Sho Kurihara, Isamu Saeki, Shinya Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-024-03022-0