Brichon PY, Porcu P, Moreau-Gaudry A, Blin D. Extraction of substernal goitre using an innovative vacuum device.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012;
42:178-9. [PMID:
22334630 DOI:
10.1093/ejcts/ezs018]
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Abstract
The extraction by cervicotomy of substernal goitres may be impossible and sometimes requires the enlargement of the thoracic inlet with at least a sternal-split. We present the extraction of a posterior mediastinal substernal goitre with the application of an innovative vacuum-based suction device, previously used for the control of bleeding from the heart and great vessels in clinical and experimental conditions.
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