Comparison of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and standard surgical approach in treatment malignant thymus tumor stage I and II - propensity score analysis
Abstract:Introduction/Objective. Besides sternotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic
surgery (VATS) is used for treatment of thymus tumors. The objective of our
study is to compare oncological and perioperative outcomes in patients with
I-II stage of thymic tumors treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic
surgery or standard sternotomy procedures. Method: The study included only
primary I-II thymoma according to the Masaoka classification treated between
May 2006 and February 2018. Out of 116 treated pa… Show more
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