Background: In some patients with complex Superior Sulcus tumors, a combination of surgical accesses may be required. For patients with very large tumors which invade the first ribs anteriorly and without subclavian vessels involvement, we developed a "double-step" technique to facilitate resection and reduce surgical trauma. Methods: The technique was performed on five patients with a bulky non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), four of whom had a Superior Sulcus tumor. All patients received a radical wide thoracectomy en-bloc with an upper lobectomy. Neither significant flail chest nor postoperative respiratory complications were observed. The method is based on the possibility of interrupting the medial extremity of the first rib beneath the clavicle through a limited, preliminary parasternal incision. The remaining ribs involved in the resection are also interrupted at the costo-chondral junction, leaving the sternum and clavicle intact. Once the medial limit of the involved ribs has been sectioned, multiple stitches are placed through the peristernal tissues and temporarily left inside the chest. Through a second posterior incision, the en-bloc chest wall and lung resection is easily completed. The previously placed peristernal stitches are collected and used for the medial fixation of the prosthesis. Results: Using this technique the resection was radical in all cases. No major postoperative complications were registered. Conclusions: The technique has several advantages: trauma related to double access is negligible, radical resection is facilitated, anterior chest wall resection is accomplished without sternal or clavicular injury, enbloc chest wall and lung resection is made straightforward despite the extended area of resected ribs attached to the tumor, released within the chest cavity; chest wall stabilization is simple and reliable. The only disadvantage is that the patient's surgical position needs to be changed.

Puma, F., Vannucci, J., Scarnecchia, E., Vinci, D., Daddi, N. (2018). Original "double-step" technique for large superior sulcus tumors invading the anterior chest wall without subclavian vessels involvement. JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE, 10(Suppl 16), S1850-S1854 [10.21037/jtd.2018.05.182].

Original "double-step" technique for large superior sulcus tumors invading the anterior chest wall without subclavian vessels involvement

Scarnecchia, Elisa;Daddi, Niccolò
2018

Abstract

Background: In some patients with complex Superior Sulcus tumors, a combination of surgical accesses may be required. For patients with very large tumors which invade the first ribs anteriorly and without subclavian vessels involvement, we developed a "double-step" technique to facilitate resection and reduce surgical trauma. Methods: The technique was performed on five patients with a bulky non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), four of whom had a Superior Sulcus tumor. All patients received a radical wide thoracectomy en-bloc with an upper lobectomy. Neither significant flail chest nor postoperative respiratory complications were observed. The method is based on the possibility of interrupting the medial extremity of the first rib beneath the clavicle through a limited, preliminary parasternal incision. The remaining ribs involved in the resection are also interrupted at the costo-chondral junction, leaving the sternum and clavicle intact. Once the medial limit of the involved ribs has been sectioned, multiple stitches are placed through the peristernal tissues and temporarily left inside the chest. Through a second posterior incision, the en-bloc chest wall and lung resection is easily completed. The previously placed peristernal stitches are collected and used for the medial fixation of the prosthesis. Results: Using this technique the resection was radical in all cases. No major postoperative complications were registered. Conclusions: The technique has several advantages: trauma related to double access is negligible, radical resection is facilitated, anterior chest wall resection is accomplished without sternal or clavicular injury, enbloc chest wall and lung resection is made straightforward despite the extended area of resected ribs attached to the tumor, released within the chest cavity; chest wall stabilization is simple and reliable. The only disadvantage is that the patient's surgical position needs to be changed.
2018
Puma, F., Vannucci, J., Scarnecchia, E., Vinci, D., Daddi, N. (2018). Original "double-step" technique for large superior sulcus tumors invading the anterior chest wall without subclavian vessels involvement. JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE, 10(Suppl 16), S1850-S1854 [10.21037/jtd.2018.05.182].
Puma, Francesco; Vannucci, Jacopo*; Scarnecchia, Elisa; Vinci, Damiano; Daddi, Niccolò
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