Robot-aided thoracoscopic thymectomy for early-stage thymoma: A multicenter European study

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 144; no. 5; pp. 1125 - 1132
• Main Authors: Marulli, Giuseppe, Rea, Federico, Melfi, Franca, Schmid, Thomas A., Ismail, Mahmoud, Fanucchi, Olivia, Augustin, Florian, Swierzy, Marc, Di Chiara, Francesco, Mussi, Alfredo, Rueckert, Jens C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.11.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Europe; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Length of Stay; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - mortality; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - pathology; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - surgery; Pneumology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Robotics; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - mortality; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - adverse effects; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - mortality; Thymectomy - adverse effects; Thymectomy - methods; Thymectomy - mortality; Thymus Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thymus Neoplasms - mortality; Thymus Neoplasms - pathology; Thymus Neoplasms - surgery; Time Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum; Young Adult; Europe; 13; VATS; MG; 28; myasthenia gravis; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; Thymoma; Mediastinum disease; Multicenter study; Early stage; Malignant tumor; European; Thymus pathology; Thymectomy; Treatment; Surgery; Anesthesia; Thymic epithelial tumor; Benign neoplasm; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Robot; Cancer

Minimally invasive thymectomy for stage I to stage II thymoma has been suggested in recent years and considered technically feasible. However, because of the lack of data on long-term results, controversies still exist on surgical access indication. We sought to evaluate the results after robot-assi...