{"title":"The Scenic Route: Lingular Metastasectomy Through the Right Chest","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.atssr.2024.03.010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metastasectomy for isolated pulmonary metastasis can improve disease-free and overall-survival in well-selected patients. When feasible, a minimally invasive wedge resection is the preferred approach. However, a hostile ipsilateral chest can hinder surgical resection. In this report, we describe the resection of an isolated metastasis in the lingula through the right chest and anterior mediastinum using a robotic-assisted thoracoscopic approach in a patient with a prior left thoracotomy and pleurodesis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72234,"journal":{"name":"Annals of thoracic surgery short reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772993124001797/pdfft?md5=7f7cdce0ebe98618207694b47535ec4d&pid=1-s2.0-S2772993124001797-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of thoracic surgery short reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772993124001797","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Metastasectomy for isolated pulmonary metastasis can improve disease-free and overall-survival in well-selected patients. When feasible, a minimally invasive wedge resection is the preferred approach. However, a hostile ipsilateral chest can hinder surgical resection. In this report, we describe the resection of an isolated metastasis in the lingula through the right chest and anterior mediastinum using a robotic-assisted thoracoscopic approach in a patient with a prior left thoracotomy and pleurodesis.