Mediastinal paraganglioma successfully resected by robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with en bloc chest wall resection: a case report

Mediastinal paraganglioma successfully resected by robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with en bloc chest wall resection: a case report

Abstract Background Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) is useful for surgery in the apical region of the chest cavity, as it narrows towards the head. Here, we describe a nonfunctional, rib-invasive paraganglioma arising in the posterior mediastinum that was successfully removed using RATS...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Shidei, Hideyuki Maeda, Tamami Isaka, Takako Matsumoto, Tomoko Yamamoto, Yoji Nagashima, Masato Kanzaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Mediastinal tumor
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Paraganglioma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00701-2

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