Thoracoscopic surgery combined with endoscopic creation of a submucosal tunnel for a large complicated esophageal leiomyoma

Thoracoscopic surgery combined with endoscopic creation of a submucosal tunnel for a large complicated esophageal leiomyoma

Abstract Background The standard surgical method for symptomatic submucosal tumors (SMTs) or tumors with unclear biological behavior is enucleation. Minimally invasive approaches are usually considered appropriate for surgical enucleation; thus, thoracoscopic and laparoscopic enucleation is performe...

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Main Authors: Koki Oyama, Kenoki Ohuchida, Koji Shindo, Taiki Moriyama, Yoshitaka Hata, Masafumi Wada, Eikichi Ihara, Shuntaro Nagai, Takao Ohtsuka, Masafumi Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Esophageal leiomyomas
Submucosal tunnel
Endoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00854-5

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