The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Mar 2021
Comparative StudyComparison of Subxiphoid and Intercostal Uniportal Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Nonmyasthenic Early-Stage Thymoma: A Retrospective Single-Center Propensity-Score Matching Analysis.
The aim of this study was to compare early outcome between intercostal uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (IU-VATS) versus subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SU-VATS) in thymectomy for non-myasthenic early-stage thymoma. ⋯ Thymectomy using SU-VATS is a feasible procedure; it might reduce early postoperative pain and lead to faster recovery.