Morcellation Technique to Remove Large Tumor in Thoracoscopic Surgery Hiroyuki Oizumi, MD, PhD, Naoki Kanauchi, MD, Hirohisa Kato, MD, PhD, Makoto Endoh, MD, PhD, Jun Suzuki, MD, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 1141-1143 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.117 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 A representative case from our study. A mediastinal tumor of a 15-year-old girl. (A) Computed tomographic scan shows a 7-cm mediastinal mass partially enhanced by the contrast medium. (B) The tumor is being retracted into the morcellator within the retrieval bag. (C) The specimen is retrieved through the morcellator. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1141-1143DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.117) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Schema of the instrument used thorascopically. Morcellation performed inside the specimen bag. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1141-1143DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.117) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions