ArticleMediastinum (Hong Kong, China)2021
Comparison of surgical outcomes after robotic assisted thoracic surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery and open resection of thymoma.
Article in Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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
- Meta-analysis of clinical efficacy of thoracoscopy and robotic surgery in the treatment of mediastinal tumors.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Factors influencing the difficulty of video-assisted thoracoscopic anterior mediastinal tumor resection via the subxiphoid approach.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Intraoperative complications during robotic thymectomy and their management: a narrative review.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2025Review
- Perspectives on surgical treatment for thymic epithelial tumors: a narrative review.Gland surgery · 2024Review
- Surgical access to the mediastinum-Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2024Review
- Rapid imaging of thymoma and thymic carcinoma with a fluorogenic probe targeting γ-glutamyltranspeptidase.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThymomas are the most common neoplasm in the anterior mediastinum. Surgical resection of thymomas remains the only curative treatment depending on the stage of the disease. Conventional resection has been performed through open surgery. However, minimal invasive and robotic assisted surgery are preferred if possible.
methodsIn a single center study three different surgical techniques were compared respectively, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and open resection. In a period from 2006 to 2019 80 patients were included in the study and data were collected by retrospectively reviewing patient records.
resultsVATS and RATS had a significantly (P<0.05) shorter time with chest tube and shorter admission time compared to open surgery. Furthermore, VATS and RATS had significantly (P<0.05) lower blood loss per operatively compared to open surgery. There was no significant difference in operating time between the three groups.
conclusionsMinimal invasive surgery seems to be a safe surgical method in the treatment of thymomas. RATS and VATS were associated with a lower blood loss through surgery, shorter admission time and shorter chest tube time compared to open resection. RATS surgery might be considered for patients with a more advanced thymoma stage. Larger international multicenter randomized controlled trials are required to draw any conclusions regarding the oncological point of view.
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