TREATMENT USING LAPAROSCOPIC AND THORACOSCOPIC PROCEDURES IN A PATIENT WITH SIGMOID CANCER AND SOLITARY PULMONARY METASTASIS: A CLINICAL CASE

Abstract

A clinical case of a sigmoid cancer patient with solitary lung metastasis is discussed in this article. Use of minimally invasive surgical technologies allowed to perform a simultaneous combined surgery on abdominal and thoracic cavities and improve rehabilitation time and time to systemic chemotherapy initiation. In presented clinical case patient was comorbid with stage III obesity, which was considered as a contraindication to laparoscopic surgery for a long time.

Keywords

• sigmoid cancer
• solitary lung metastasis, miniinvasive surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• thoracoscopic surgery