Comparison of the perioperative outcomes in antero-superior mediastinal tumor resection performed by transcervical resection and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Journal: Journal of thoracic disease
Published Date: Dec 1, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It remains controversial that whether transcervical resection (TC) was associated with better outcomes than video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in the treatment of antero-superior mediastinal tumors. We aimed to compare the safety and reliability between TC and VATS.

Authors

  • Xin-Sheng Zhu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Nan Song
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Nai-Cheng Song
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Alan Dart Loon Sihoe
    Department of Surgery, The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
  • Wen-Xin He
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Ming Liu
    School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China; Xi'an Key Laboratory of Territorial Spatial Information, School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China. Electronic address: mingliu@chd.edu.cn.
  • Ge-Ning Jiang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Peng Zhang
    Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China.

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