Prone Position Is Useful in Thoracoscopic Enucleation of Esophageal Leiomyoma

A 36-year-old man was admitted to our institute due to the diagnosis of esophageal submucosal tumor detected by a periodical upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination without any complaint. Thoracoscopic enucleation of the lesion with the preoperative clinical diagnosis of esophageal leiomyoma w...

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Published inCase reports in gastroenterology Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 165 - 170
Main Authors Maki, Kenji, Takeno, Shinsuke, Nimura, Satoshi, Yamana, Ippei, Shimaoka, Hideki, Hashimoto, Tatsuya, Shibata, Ryousuke, Shiwaku, Hironari, Yamashita, Kanefumi, Yamashita, Yuichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.05.2015
Karger Publishers
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Esophageal leiomyoma
Prone position
Published: May 2015
Thoracoscopic enucleation
Esophageal leiomyoma
Prone position
Thoracoscopic enucleation
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Summary:A 36-year-old man was admitted to our institute due to the diagnosis of esophageal submucosal tumor detected by a periodical upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination without any complaint. Thoracoscopic enucleation of the lesion with the preoperative clinical diagnosis of esophageal leiomyoma was performed under general anesthesia in the prone position. After immunohistochemical examination, the pathological diagnosis was leiomyoma. There was no remarkable event during the postoperative hospital stay, and the patient was discharged on the 12th day after surgery. This case report suggests that the prone position might be superior to the left lateral decubitus position in thoracoscopic enucleation of esophageal leiomyoma.
ISSN:1662-0631
1662-0631
DOI:10.1159/000382071