ArticleJournal of visualized surgery2017
Uniportal subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic approach for thymectomy: a case series.
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- Comparative clinical experience of subcostal VATS versus conventional uniportal lateral VATS approach.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2024Article
- Comparison of post-operative pain and quality of life between uniportal subxiphoid and intercostal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A cosmetically superior approach to submammary rib tumor resection.Thoracic cancer · 2019Article
- Thoracic surgery for lung cancer: current practice and future directions.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2019Article
- Tips and tricks for success in subxiphoid video-assisted thoracic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Review
- Thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection by subxiphoid approach-dual port thymectomy plus one (DPT+1).Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2019Article
- Anesthesia and enhanced recovery in subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
- Subxiphoid pneumonectomy: the new frontier?Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundMinimally invasive techniques are becoming increasingly popular in thoracic surgery. Although median sternotomy is the traditional approach for thymectomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approaches now predominate. This study reports a case series of the novel uniportal subxiphoid-VATS approach to extended thymectomy.
methodsOver the period of study (October 2014-January 2017) 17 patients underwent uniportal subxiphoid-VATS extended thymectomy for a thymic nodule at the Shanghai Pulmonary Centre. Ten patients were female, and the mean age of the cohort was 55 years. The mean size of nodule was 23.6 mm.
resultsThe mean operative duration was 2.5 hours, with one conversion to thoracotomy for bleeding. The mean operative blood loss was 115 mL. The median length of hospital stay was 4 days. There were no episodes of phrenic nerve palsies. The 30-day survival was 100%.
conclusionsUniportal subxiphoid-VATS is a feasible and safe surgical approach to extended thymectomy in selected patients, with good post-operative outcomes.
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