New technique for the cystic mediastinal tumor by video-assisted thoracoscopy Akinori Iwasaki, MD, PhD, Masafumi Hiratsuka, MD, PhD, Katsunobu Kawahara, MD, PhD, Takayuki Shirakusa, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 72, Issue 2, Pages 632-633 (August 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02579-6
Fig 1 (A) Three 11.5-mm trocars are placed in the eighth and fourth intercostal space. A catheter is placed against the tumor through the intercostal space. (B) The instrument for cannulation (A = air injection port; B = outflow or inflow port; C = balloon; D = top of instrument) (diameter 1.32 mm, made of silicone). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 632-633DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02579-6)
Fig 2 Cannula application for thoracoscopic resection of the cystic mediastinal tumor. (A = puncture; B = ballooning; C = drainage and deflation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 632-633DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02579-6)
Fig 3 A tumor (a thymic cyst) (left) filled with saline (right) after removal. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 632-633DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02579-6)