Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of mediastinal cysts

Daniel Brzeziński; Mariusz Łochowski; Józef Kozak

doi:10.5114/wiitm.2014.44292

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Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of mediastinal cysts

Daniel Brzeziński

,

Mariusz P. Łochowski

,

Józef Kozak

Videosurgery Miniinv 2014; 9 (3): 393–397

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2014.44292

Online publish date: 2014/07/28

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Introduction: Progress in the development of surgical techniques has led to the growing use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) techniques in mediastinal cyst treatment.

Aim: To present our experience of treating mediastinal cysts with the minimally invasive technique.

Material and methods: Fifty patients with mediastinal cysts were treated from 2001 to 2011. There were 32 women and 18 men. The age of the patients ranged from 17 to 72, the mean age being 42 years. All patients underwent basic preoperative diagnostic tests of the chest: X-ray, computed tomography (CT), bronchoscopy and spirometry; 4 patients underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and 3 fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the described lesions.

Results: The VATS was performed in each case. Conversion was carried out due to superior mediastinal location in 10 cases and pleural adhesions in 3 cases. The partial resection of a cyst was performed in 3 patients. One patient was treated conservatively due to heart failure. In that patient the transthoracic needle aspiration of a cyst under ultrasound guidance using alcoholisation with 76% ethanol with a good effect was performed twice. Cyst recurrence was observed in 1 case.

Conclusions: The surgical access depends on the location of a cyst. The VATS resection of a superior mediastinal cyst is not always feasible. Surgery of mediastinal cysts is both diagnostic and curative.

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Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of mediastinal cysts

Daniel Brzeziński , Mariusz P. Łochowski , Józef Kozak

video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, mediastinal cyst, thoracotomy

Daniel Brzeziński

,

Mariusz P. Łochowski

,

Józef Kozak