Factors influencing the difficulty of video-assisted thoracoscopic anterior mediastinal tumor resection via the subxiphoid approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection via the subxiphoid approach (SVATS) is the mainstream surgical method for treating anterior mediastinal tumors. The impact of thoracic and mediastinal size on surgery has long been described only as a subjective feeling, and no related research has been reported. In this study, we retrospectively investigated the preoperative predictive factors affecting SVATS, focusing on the depth of the anterior mediastinum and thoracic morphology (width and depth).

Methods

We studied 133 patients with mediastinal tumors. All had video thoracoscopic surgery through a subxiphoid approach by skilled senior doctors. Patients were divided into the difficult group and the common group according to whether the operation time ex

SUBMITTER: Wei ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12268755 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature