Totally Thoracoscopic Surgical Resection of Cardiac Myxoma in 12 Patients

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 674 - 676
• Main Authors: Yu, Shiqiang, MD, PhD, Xu, Xuezeng, MD, Zhao, Bijun, MD, Jin, Zhenxiao, MD, Gao, Zhaobo, BS, Wang, Yongxiang, BS, Yi, Dinghua, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Female; Heart Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myxoma - surgery; Pneumology; Surgery; Thoracoscopy; 28; 18; Myxoma; Treatment; Surgery; Tumor; Anesthesia; Cardiovascular disease; Surgical resection; Circulatory system; Cardiology
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.078

Myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumors. We report our use of totally thoracoscopic surgery in resecting cardiac myxomas in 12 cases with 10 in the left atria and 2 in the right atria. Totally thoracoscopic surgical resection of myxoma was successfully performed in all cases through three minimal incisions, with the largest incision less than 3 cm. The cardiopulmonary bypass time was 96 to 126 minutes, and the aortic cross-clamp time was 46 to 63 minutes. Postoperative ventilation assistance was 3 to 11 hours. We show that the method is safe and achieves complete tumor resection.