Thoracoscopic Thymectomy Using a Subxiphoid Approach for Anterior Mediastinal Tumors
| Autor: | Masayuki Yamaji, Ryoichi Nakanishi, Motoki Yano, Rumiko Taguchi, Hiroki Numanami, Chihiro Furuta, Masayuki Haniuda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Thymoma Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Operative Time Mediastinal tumor Mediastinal Neoplasms Subxiphoid approach 03 medical and health sciences Pericarditis Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Postoperative Complications Japan Risk Factors medicine Humans Internal Thoracic Vein Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Thoracic Surgery Video-Assisted Gastroenterology General Medicine Thymus Neoplasms Length of Stay Middle Aged medicine.disease Thymectomy Myasthenia gravis Surgery Treatment Outcome Cardiothoracic surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Original Article Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Popis: | Purpose: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) techniques have been widely used for resection of mediastinal tumors. This study investigated the usefulness of the subxiphoid approach in thoracoscopic thymectomy. Methods: In all, 36 patients with anterior mediastinal tumor underwent thymectomy using the subxiphoid approach in two Japanese institutions. These patients were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Results: There were 16 females and 20 males with a mean age of 57 years. Five patients underwent partial thymectomy (PT), 27 underwent total or subtotal thymectomy, and 4 underwent thymectomy with combined resection (CR) of the surrounding organs or tissues. The mean maximum tumor diameter, amount of resected tissue, and blood loss were 4.1 cm, 72.5 g, and 20.6 g, respectively. More than half of tumors were diagnosed as thymoma (n = 19). The operation time was prolonged with a greater volume of thymectomy. The duration of chest tube drainage and postoperative stay were 1.7 ± 1.0 days and 5.9 ± 7.6 days, respectively. Four patients suffered intraoperative and postoperative complications, as follows: bleeding of the innominate vein, bleeding of the internal thoracic vein, crisis of myasthenia gravis (MG), pericarditis, and phrenic nerve paralysis. There were no mortalities after surgery. Conclusion: Subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy might be a safe and useful approach for mediastinal tumors. |
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