Comparative study of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thymectomy for thymoma and myasthenia gravis

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Ersen E. , Kilic B. , Kara H. V. , Iscan M., Sarbay I. , DEMİRKAYA A., ...Daha Fazla

VIDEOSURGERY AND OTHER MINIINVASIVE TECHNIQUES, cilt.13, ss.376-382, 2018 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 13 Konu: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5114/wiitm.2018.75835
  • Dergi Adı: VIDEOSURGERY AND OTHER MINIINVASIVE TECHNIQUES
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.376-382

Özet

Introduction: Thymectomy is the preferred standard treatment in younger non-thymoma patients with myasthenia gravis as well as in patients with early stage thymoma. Total thymectomy by median sternotomy has been the surgical approach since resection of the thymus with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).