Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for children with pulmonary metastases from osteosarcoma

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) may complement open thoracotomy in children with osteosarcoma requiring pulmonary metastasectomy. The records of children with metastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma considered for initial VATS intervention (n = 9) were reviewed. Two children did not have VATS explo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of surgical oncology 1996-11, Vol.3 (6), p.539-542
Hauptverfasser: Gilbert, J C, Powell, D M, Hartman, G E, Seibel, N L, Newman, K D
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Zusammenfassung:Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) may complement open thoracotomy in children with osteosarcoma requiring pulmonary metastasectomy. The records of children with metastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma considered for initial VATS intervention (n = 9) were reviewed. Two children did not have VATS exploration: one child with multiple bilateral nodules and another child with a deep parenchymal nodule. VATS provided diagnostic biopsy material in all cases when used (n = 7). Two children had benign inflammatory lesions; four children had VATS-directed wedge resections of solitary malignant lesions; and one child had VATS biopsy of diffuse parenchymal and pleural pulmonary disease not amenable to resection. The mean operative time and hospital length of stay were 1.78 +/- 0.54 h and 3.5 +/- 1.8 days, respectively. There were two complications of VATS: bleeding in a child, requiring a transfusion, and a latent pneumothorax in a patient after removal of the chest tube. VATS is safe, serves as an excellent diagnostic modality, complements the open thoracotomy, and may enable the surgeon to avoid more extensive procedures in selected cases.
ISSN:1068-9265
1534-4681
DOI:10.1007/bf02306086