A rare case of a retrocrural lymph node metastasis from a chromophobe renal cell cancer: complete thoracoscopic resection with a new multi-joint articulating surgical instrument

Alexander Kern; Christian Thomas; Olaf Holotiuk; Steffen Drewes

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivac204

A rare case of a retrocrural lymph node metastasis from a chromophobe renal cell cancer: complete thoracoscopic resection with a new multi-joint articulating surgical instrument

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug 3;35(3):ivac204. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac204.

Authors

Alexander Kern¹, Christian Thomas², Olaf Holotiuk³, Steffen Drewes¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Coswig, Germany.
² Department of Urology, University Clinic Carl-Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
³ Institute of Pathology, Dresden, Germany.

Abstract

We report a rare case of a 69-year-old man with a solitary retrocrural lymph node metastasis in the posterior mediastinum of an oligo-metastatic chromophobe renal cell cancer that was radically resected in a curative intent using new articulating Artisential® instruments.

Keywords: Articulating instruments; Chromophobe renal cell cancer; Mediastinal lymph node metastasis; Surgeon-powered robotics.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / surgery
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms* / surgery
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Lymph Nodes / surgery
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Mediastinum / pathology
Surgical Instruments