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New technique for the cystic mediastinal tumor by video-assisted thoracoscopy  Akinori Iwasaki, MD, PhD, Masafumi Hiratsuka, MD, PhD, Katsunobu Kawahara,

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1 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 (August 2001) DOI: /S (01)

2 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  , DOI: ( /S (01) )

3 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  , DOI: ( /S (01) )

4 Fig 3 A tumor (a thymic cyst) (left) filled with saline (right) after removal. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (01) )


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