SynthesisThoracic cancer2022
Robot-assisted thoracic surgery versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of patients with thymoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Comparative meta-analysis of robot- and video-assisted surgery for thymoma: efficacy, learning curve, and economic burden in 7347 patients.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical study of thoracoscopic assisted different surgical approaches for early thymoma: a meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Robot-assisted thoracic surgery versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of patients with thymoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2022Pooled it
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- Omitting Chest Tubes in Robotic Mediastinal Surgery: A Prospective, Protocol-Driven Analysis of Safety and Recovery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative outcomes of robotic- and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in thymectomy: a systematic review of implications for myasthenia gravis remission and long-term oncology.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- A Shift from Standard Median Sternotomy to Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Resection of Anterior Mediastinal Tumors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive thymectomy: comparative analysis of short-term outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopy and two robotic platforms.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- One surgery, three approaches: perioperative outcomes and diagnostic strategies in robotic-assisted thymectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic-Assisted Extended Thymus Carcinoma Resection With Unilateral Total Pleurectomy and Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy (HITOC).Case reports in surgery · 2026Article
- Optimising individualised treatment decisions for locally advanced thymoma: precision selection of minimally invasive surgery and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- The expanding role of robotic surgery in thymectomy: a narrative review.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2026Review
- Robotic subxiphoid surgical approach for mediastinal lesions: One-year experience.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted thymectomy for locally advanced thymic malignancy: technical refinement and oncologic outcomes from a 20-year cohort.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Postoperative pain after robotic versus VATS thymectomy: a comparative cohort study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Should minimally invasive surgery be the standard approach for early-stage thymoma? A 20-year experience.JTCVS techniques · 2025Article
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- Robotic Versus Sternotomy, Thoracotomy and Video-Thoracoscopy Approaches for Thymoma Resection: A Comparative Analysis of Short-Term Results.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of robot versus video-assisted thymectomy for thymic epithelial tumors: a propensity matched analysis.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Initial results of uniportal and robot-assisted subxiphoid thymectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical resection of the thymus is indicated in the presence of primary thymic diseases such as thymoma. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) offer a minimally invasive approach to thymectomy. However, there is no clear conclusion whether RATS can achieve an equal or even better surgical effect when compared with VATS in treatment of thymoma. We performed this meta-analysis to explore and compare the outcomes of RATS versus VATS for thymectomy in patients with thymoma.
methodsPubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Medline, and Web of Science databases were searched for full-text literature citations. The quality of the articles was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and the data analyzed using Review Manager 5.3 software. Fixed or random effect models were applied according to heterogeneity. Subgroup analysis was conducted.
resultsA total of 11 studies with 1418 patients, of whom 688 patients were in the RATS group and 730 in the VATS group, were involved in the analysis. Compared with VATS, RATS was associated with less blood loss in operation, lower volume of drainage, fewer postoperative pleural drainage days, shorter postoperative hospital stay, and fewer postoperative complications. There was no significant difference in operative time and patients with or without myasthenia gravis between the two groups.
conclusionsRATS has more advantages over VATS, indicating that RATS is better than VATS in terms of postoperative recovery. We look forward to more large-sample, high-quality randomized controlled studies published in the future.
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