The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 134-135, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Intrathoracic goiter: approaching the posterior mediastinal mass
RJ Landreneau, W Nawarawong, TM Boley, JA Johnson and JJ Curtis
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
The surgical management of posterior mediastinal goiters can pose
considerable technical difficulty. We illustrate a method of sterile spoon
extraction that can facilitate the cervical or limited cervicomediastinal
approach to these lesions.