Abstract
Thoracoscopic surgery has replaced conventional sternotomy or thoracotomy for resection of mediastinal parathyroid lesions. We review our experience with this type of surgery with reference to selection of the appropriate approach and the pitfalls of lesion localization before and during surgery. During a 14-year period, we treated 14 patients with hyperparathyroidism, in whom a mediastinal lesion had been localized preoperatively by sestamibi scan. Primary hyperparathyroidism was present in 12 patients (single adenoma in 11, associated with MEN 1 in one) and secondary hyperparathyroidism in 2. Thoracoscopic procedures were performed by the three-port method. The thoracoscopic procedure was successful in eight patients who were shown preoperatively to have a deep-seated (5 anterior, 3 middle) mediastinal lesions. Intraoperative visual confirmation of parathyroid adenoma was difficult only in a 19-year-old patient with a tumor embedded in the thymus, necessitating partial thymectomy. One of the eight mediastinal lesions resected thoracoscopically was a sestamibi-positive thymoma. Secondary hyperparathyroidism recurred 4years after thoracoscopic mediastinal parathyroidectomy in one patient, necessitating additional thoracoscopic removal of this supernumerary lesion. However, seven patients with mediastinal parathyroid lesions localized at the aortic arch or upper region were treated successfully via a cervical approach. None of the patients suffered any surgical complications. Thoracoscopic surgery is safe and feasible for resection of deep mediastinal parathyroid lesions. Such lesions localized preoperatively at the aortic arch or upper region can be treated via a cervical approach. Preoperative sestamibi scan can sometimes give a false-positive result in cases of concurrent thymoma.
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