TY - JOUR
T1 - Initial experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis in the prone position
AU - Maruyama, Riichiroh
AU - Miyake, Tetsuro
AU - Suzuki, Yukiko
AU - Shoji, Fumihiro
AU - Okamoto, Tatsuro
AU - Ichinose, Yukito
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - We performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis with the patient in the prone position because the use of the full lateral decubitus position was not possible owing to a deformity of the upper extremity, which existed because of a previous operation for osteosarcoma. In cases where the lateral decubitus position cannot be used, the prone position is both safe and effective for treating dorsal lesions of the lung by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
AB - We performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis with the patient in the prone position because the use of the full lateral decubitus position was not possible owing to a deformity of the upper extremity, which existed because of a previous operation for osteosarcoma. In cases where the lateral decubitus position cannot be used, the prone position is both safe and effective for treating dorsal lesions of the lung by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
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U2 - 10.1097/00129689-200604000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00129689-200604000-00016
M3 - Article
C2 - 16773017
AN - SCOPUS:33748172782
SN - 1530-4515
VL - 16
SP - 117
EP - 118
JO - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
JF - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
IS - 2
ER -