ReviewFrontiers in surgery2022
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery vs. sternotomy for thymectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06545409 (Use of Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block in Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Thymectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Use of Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block in Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Thymectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robot-assisted versus open thymectomy a systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity score matched studies.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- The surgical approach strategies in the treatment of anterior mediastinal tumors.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- A comparison of robot-assisted thoracic surgery and median sternotomy for the treatment of early-stage thymoma: a propensity score matching study.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Thymic epithelial tumors: a narrative review of diagnostic and therapeutic advances.Translational cancer research · 2026Review
- A Shift from Standard Median Sternotomy to Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Resection of Anterior Mediastinal Tumors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- One surgery, three approaches: perioperative outcomes and diagnostic strategies in robotic-assisted thymectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Mediastinal Intrathymic Symptomatic Parathyroid Adenoma and Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (RATS) Approach.Cureus · 2025Article
- Da Vinci Xi robot -assisted subxiphoid resection of thymoma and reconstruction of the left brachiocephalic vein: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 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
- Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
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- Surgical treatment of thymic epithelial tumor and myasthenia gravis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Review
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Introduction: Surgeons have widely regarded sternotomy (ST) as the standard surgical method for thymectomy. Minimally invasive methods for thymectomy, including video-assisted and robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS), have been explored. There are some studies have researched and compared the outcomes of patients after robotic and sternotomy procedure. Methods: We searched the databases of Pubmed, the Cochrane Library, Embase and selected the studies on the efficacy and safety of RATS or ST for thymectomy. Meta-analysis was performed for operation time, operation blood loss, postoperative drainage time, operative complications and hospitalization time. Results: A total of 16 cohort studies with 1,089 patients were included. Compared to ST, RATS is an appropriate alternative for thymectomy which reduced operation blood loss [standardized mean difference (SMD) = -1.82, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): (-2.64, -0.99), Conclusions: This meta-analysis based on cohort studies shows that RATS has more advantages over ST. Therefore, RATS is a more advanced and suitable surgical method for thymectomy.
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