Yolk sac tumor resected by transverse sternotomy: a case report
Watanabe, S.; Shimokawa, S.; Tabata, D.; Shioda, K.; Kawashima, A.; Matsumoto, H.; Yamashita, M.; Taira, A.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 48(7): 589-591
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 7637230 Document Number: 453239
Transverse sternotomy was performed in a 39-year-old man having bilateral lung metastatic lesions of yolk sac tumor. This approach provided an excellent operative field. Bilateral partial lobes including parietal pleura and diaphragma were readily resected. As described in this paper, transverse sternotomy is one of the beneficial method in the thorough surgical treatment for metastatic bilateral lung lesion.