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MS 11 - Combined Modality Treatment for Superior Sulcus Tumors (ID 533)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Mini Symposium
- Track: Locally Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:G.D. Castro, Philip Bonomi
- Coordinates: 10/17/2017, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 503
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MS 11.03 - Surgical Approaches in Superior Sulcus Tumor (ID 7696)
11:00 - 12:30 | Presenting Author(s): Elie Fadel
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Complete en bloc resection is the corner stone of the treatment of solid tumors. Those located in the superior sulcus (SS) or thoracic inlet are known to have bad reputation because their resection represents a real technical challenge. The complexity of such surgery is due to the congestion of a very tight space (SS) by major neurovascular structures as well as to the proximity of the esophagus, the trachea and the spine. The preoperative work-up, in order to assess the involvement of such structures by SS tumors, may include, further to the routine bronchoscopy and cervico thoracic CT scan, an MRI to rule out spinal extension, venous angiography, subclavian arteriography or esophagoscopy. Many surgical approaches to remove SS tumors and many anatomical classifications have been reported during the last 6 decades. The goal of the surgical approach is to allow a wide and safe exposure of the SS, complete en-bloc resection of the tumor and all the involved structures and a potential arterial or spinal resection and reconstruction. The main goal of an anatomical classification is to facilitate the choice of the most appropriate surgical approach according to the extension of the tumor. After an anatomical description of the SS, we will review all the surgical approaches described in the literature to remove benign or malignant tumors developed in the SS. The emergence of new surgical techniques during the last 2 decades, such video-assisted and robotics surgeries had modify the surgical approaches in thoracic surgery. We will describe all the surgical approaches currently available to resect SS tumors with their advantages and their limits. Based on our experience we will describe a simplified anatomical classification of SS tumors. After identification of all contra-indications to SS tumor resection, we will describe the surgical approaches we use currently allowing when needed arterial and spinal resections and reconstructions.
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