Management of Brachiocephalic Vein Injury During Tubeless Subxiphoid Thoracoscopic Thymectomy.
Journal
The Annals of thoracic surgery
ISSN: 1552-6259
Titre abrégé: Ann Thorac Surg
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 15030100R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2021
03 2021
Historique:
received:
02
04
2020
revised:
22
05
2020
accepted:
22
05
2020
pubmed:
2
8
2020
medline:
10
3
2021
entrez:
2
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We have reported the usefulness of the subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach in thymectomy. However, such a new method may have unknown complications that rarely occur. The brachiocephalic vein has been considered to be the vessel that is most frequently injured when performing thymectomy because of the skeletal anatomy. We herein report a case of intraoperative injury of brachiocephalic vein using tubeless subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy. No additional complications have been found in the 3 months since the operation. Though subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy is a safe and less invasive operation, intraoperative complications are possible, and surgeons should express caution.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32738220
pii: S0003-4975(20)31209-1
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.153
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Video-Audio Media
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e197-e199Informations de copyright
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