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The mediastinum is the most common location of chest masses in the pediatric population. They are representing a variety of pathology in children. Causes are mostly related to the location of the mass either in the anterior, middle, or posterior mediastinum. Mainly, mediastinal masses are represented by tumor or congenital malformation. Although the mediastinum is located right in the middle, the surgical approach is most of the time coming from the right or the left side depending of the location of the mass. Vascular anomalies such as double aortic arch, in the middle mediastinum, won’t be treated here although the surgical approach is also thoracoscopic. Anterior approach, just above the manubrium is well developed in adult surgery but needs to be extended to the children for some indication. At last, for the anterior diaphragmatic hernia, which is one of the causes for anterior and inferior mediastinal mass, laparoscopy is most likely to be used to repair the hernia and close the diaphragm.
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Bonnard, A., Ali, L. (2019). Thoracoscopic Management of the Mediastinal Masses. In: Esposito, C., Becmeur, F., Steyaert, H., Szavay, P. (eds) ESPES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00964-9_17
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