Uniportal subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic approach for thymectomy: a case series.

Journal: Journal of visualized surgery
Published Date: Nov 17, 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive techniques are becoming increasingly popular in thoracic surgery. Although median sternotomy is the traditional approach for thymectomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approaches now predominate. This study reports a case series of the novel uniportal subxiphoid-VATS approach to extended thymectomy.

Authors

  • Helen Weaver
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, UK.
  • Jason M Ali
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, UK.
  • Lei Jiang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Chenlu Yang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Liang Wu
    Clinical and Research Center of AIDS, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Gening Jiang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Giuseppe Aresu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, UK.

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