The role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct;11(4):512-4. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.237941. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

Abstract

The surgical resection of sulcus superior tumors, also referred to as Pancoast tumors, remains a challenging surgical procedure. A patient presented with a superior sulcus tumor situated anterior in the thoracic inlet. The tumor was resected through a transmanubrial approach of Grunenwald combined with a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. VATS can be very helpful in determining the exact location of the resection and at the same time performing a lobectomy avoiding extra morbidity due to a classical thoracotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Manubrium / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*