Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Pulmonary Hamartoma: Case Report.

Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Pulmonary Hamartoma: Case Report. Acta Clin Croat. 2017 Dec;56(4):808-811 Authors: Djaković Ž, Janevski Z Abstract Pulmonary hamartoma is the most common benign tumor of the lung. It accounts for 77% of all benign lung tumors but less than 1% of all lung tumors. Malignant alteration is -extremely rare. Surgical removal is therapy of choice. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery is an easy-to-learn variant of video-assisted thoracic surgery. The approach is very similar to classic thoracotomy. Instruments for both classic and video-assisted thoracic surgery can be combined. A case is presented of a 44-year-old female patient with pulmonary hamartoma treated by uniportal video-assisted -thoracic surgery as a new method used for the first time at our department. PMID: 29590740 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Acta Clinica Croatica - March 31, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Acta Clin Croat Source Type: research