ReviewCancers2021
Difficult Decisions in Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Thymus.
Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Modified subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with percutaneous suspension technique via balance hook sternal elevation device in anterior mediastinal masses.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Effect of surgical management for anterior mediastinal large mass: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Margin-negative resection and long-term survival following robot-assisted thymectomy for thymoma: A tumor size stratified analysis.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Optimising individualised treatment decisions for locally advanced thymoma: precision selection of minimally invasive surgery and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Robotic-assisted thymectomy for locally advanced thymic malignancy: technical refinement and oncologic outcomes from a 20-year cohort.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Oncologic outcomes and predictors of recurrence following minimally invasive and open surgery for thymoma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Minimally invasive thymectomy for patients with thymoma: surgical, oncological and neurological outcomes.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Early stage thymoma and the surgical extent paradigm.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
A minimally invasive resection of thymomas has been accepted as standard of care in the last decade for early stage thymomas. This is somewhat controversial in terms of higher-staged thymomas and myasthenia gravis patients due to the prognostic importance of complete resections and the indolent characteristics of the disease process. Despite concerted efforts to standardize minimally invasive approaches, there is still controversy as to the extent of excision, approach of surgery, and the platform utilized. In this article, we aim to provide our surgical perspective of thymic resection and a review of the existing literature.
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