A novel method of subxiphoid video-assisted thoracic surgery for thymectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With advances in thoracoscopic surgical instruments and techniques, subxiphoid video-assisted thoracic surgery (S-VATS) has become the main approach for anterior mediastinal tumor resection under thoracoscopy. However, the drawbacks of S-VATS, including it being a relatively unfixed surgical procedure, make it complicated and difficult for unexperienced surgeons to master.

Methods

This study retrospectively reviewed and analyzed consecutive patients with anterior mediastinal tumor or myasthenia gravis (MG) who underwent S-VATS at the Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, China, between March 2015 and April 2019.Patients were divided into the conventional group and the "four-zone one-way" group. Intraoperative and postoperative variables were compared between t

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature