Effect of open versus video-assisted thoracoscopy on perioperative outcomes and survival for cases of thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The oncology-related indices between open and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures for thymic carcinomas (TCs) and thymic neuroendocrine tumors (TNETs) remain unclear.

Methods

Propensity score matching (PSM) and multivariate Cox proportional risk models were used to evaluate the perioperative outcomes and survival rates of patients undergoing open and VATS for TCs and TNETs at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University Hospital, between 2009 and 2018.

Results

Of the total 126 cases of TCs and TNETs, VATS treatment was used in 39 (30.9%). Advanced age and Masaoka-Koga staging were found to be independent prognostic factors for both TCs and TNETs, through a multifactorial Cox regression analysis. There was no sig

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature