Use of endoloop in video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation of a very rare esophageal tumor

Yahya Alwatari; Wayne Tse; Kasia Trebska-McGowan; Rachit D Shah

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjz300

Use of endoloop in video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation of a very rare esophageal tumor

J Surg Case Rep. 2019 Nov 20;2019(11):rjz300. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz300. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Yahya Alwatari¹, Wayne Tse¹, Kasia Trebska-McGowan¹, Rachit D Shah²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.

Abstract

A gastrointestinal stromal tumor is an infrequent tumor of the gastrointestinal tract with very rare involvement of the esophagus. We present a case of a patient with dysphagia and a 4 cm submucosal mass. The patient underwent thoracoscopic enucleation with complete resection of the mass. We present case details and operative video highlighting the important surgical steps of exposure and retraction. We believe that the Endoloop is a very useful tool in providing countertraction needed during minimally invasive resection of such lesions.

Publication types

Case Reports