[Esophageal leiomyoma. Six cases of video-assisted enucleation].

AIM OF THE STUDY

To report our experience with video-assisted enucleation of esophageal leiomyomas.

METHOD

Retrospective analysis of six (five men and a woman) patients who underwent video-assisted submucosal tumor enucleation (4 with thoracoscopy and 2 with laparoscopy).

RESULTS

Only one patient had postoperative complications: a parietal hematoma at a trocar site and a fever with right pleural, resolved after pleural drainage. Outcome was satisfactory for all patients, and no relapses have been noted.

CONCLUSION

Video-assisted surgery offers incontrovertible advantages for the treatment of this benign pathology.