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Video-assisted thoracic surgery: Risks and benefits [PDF]

, 2018
Summary: Background: Thoracoscopy has been used throughout this century, especially in the treatment of pleural disease. The introduction of video-assistance and especially designed instruments such as stapling devices in 1992 led to a worldwide and ...
Gugger, M., Lardinois, D., Ris, H.
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Distribution of Ectopic Germinal Centers in Thymic Epithelial Tumors and Their Relationship With Thymic Involution

Cancer Science, Volume 116, Issue 11, Page 3209-3219, November 2025.
In this study, we demonstrate that ectopic germinal centers were observed in less involuted thymus of thymic epithelial tumors positive for antiacetylcholine receptor antibodies, associating their presence with higher antibody titers and supporting the need for at least a total thymectomy in younger patients. ABSTRACT Ectopic germinal centers (GCs) are
Tatsuo Furuya, So Tando, Hiroshi Ogi, Masanori Shimomura, Satoru Okada, Shunta Ishihara, Chiaki Nakazono, Kyoko Itoh, Masayoshi Inoue   +8 more
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Thirteen years follow-up after radical transsternal thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Do short-term results predict long-term outcome? [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Long-term evaluation of efficacy and quality of life after radical surgical approach for myasthenia gravis (MG). Comparison between short-term follow-up and long-term outcome.
Ackermann, R., Inderbitzi, R., RoslerRösler, K., Roth, T., Schmid, R.A., Stein, R.   +5 more
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IgG4‐Related Sclerosing Mediastinitis Mimicking Thymoma: A Case Report

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
This case highlights the diagnostic challenge of mediastinal IgG4‐RD and the importance of considering it in the differential diagnosis of thymic tumours, even when serum IgG4 is normal. ABSTRACT IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) rarely presents as an anterior mediastinal mass and may radiologically resemble thymic neoplasms.
Eitetsu Koh, Yasuo Sekine, Tadao Nakazawa, Kenzo Hiroshima   +3 more
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Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease with high prevalence of thymus disorders, in which, thymectomy is considered one of the therapeutic approaches in improving the patients’ clinical outcomes.
Mahdiye Lashkarizadeh, Vahid Haghollahi, Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad, Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh, Amirhossein Shahpar   +4 more
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Ruolo della timectomia nel trattamento della miastenia gravis: considerazioni e casistica personale [PDF]

, 2003
L’effetto terapeutico della timectomia sul decorso clinico della miastemia gravis è ancora quanto mai controverso. Infatti, mentre la chirurgia è ormai universalmente accettata per i timomi, il suo ruolo è ancora discutibile in pazienti con miastenia ...
Barresi, Pietro, Familiani, D., La Rocca, Annunziata, Micali, Vincenzo, Monaco, Francesco, Monaco, Maurizio, Mondello, Baldassarre, Mulè, V., Pavia, Rosaria, Pavone, A.   +9 more
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Predictive Value of Perioperative Blood Lactic Acid Levels for Postoperative Crisis in Myasthenia Gravis Patients Undergoing Thymectomy

Muscle &Nerve, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 963-971, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Postoperative myasthenic crisis (POMC), which occurs specifically after thymectomy in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients, is a serious complication with known risk factors such as prior myasthenic crisis. However, the predictive value of perioperative blood lactic acid levels (BLAL) for POMC remains unclear.
Jianyong Zou, Xiaojing Yao, Zhihao Liu, Zhenguo Liu, Haoshuai Zhu, Xin Zhang, Zhenguang Chen, Chunhua Su   +7 more
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Expert Consensus on Subxiphoid and Subcostal Arch Thoracoscopic Resection for the Treatment of Thymoma

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 16, Issue 12, June 2025.
Zone 1—from the right side of the midline of the trachea to the inside of the right innominate–internal jugular vein, up to the lower pole of the thyroid gland, down to the upper edge of the left innominate vein, corresponding to the right upper paratracheal group and IASLC2R group of lymph nodes in the deep area of ITMIG; zone 2—from the left side of ...
Xunliang Yin, Hongtao Duan, Zhengwei Zhao, Xiuyi Zhi, Gening Jiang, Shugeng Gao, Chun Chen, Haiquan Chen, Xiaofei Li, Jian Hu, Lanjun Zhang, Hecheng Li, Zhentao Yu, Hui Tian, Zhenfa Zhang, Q. I. Xue, Yunchao Huang, Junqiang Fan, Qing Geng, Dong Chao, Taiqian Gong, Wenjie Jiao, Zhigang Li, Hongjing Jiang, Yufeng Ba, Jigang Dai, Bo Deng, Shuchen Chen, Shouyin Di, Jianyong Ding, Liang Duan, Jiang Fan, Yingtong Feng, Yunjiu Gou, Zhitao Gu, Yong Han, Jinxi He, Xiaomin He, Jianbin Hou, Feng Jiang, Bin Li, Qingxin Li, Shuben Li, Xiangnan Li, Chunguang Li, Zhongcheng Li, Jianhong Lian, Junguo Liang, Naixin Liang, Jiangbo Lin, Dazhi Liu, Huifeng Liu, Junfeng Liu, Wei Liu, Yangchun Liu, Shumin Wang, Shijie Zhang, Shaohua Ma, Nan Wu, Wenhao Liu, Jun Yi, Chenxi Zhong, Songtao Xu, Shengmao Ma, Hui Sun, Hai Xu, Li Wei, Qiang Pu, Ruixiang Zhang, Wenxiang Wang, Desong Yang, Jiufa Wu, Nan Sun, Ping Xu, Haitao Ma, Lei Xue, Shunkai Zhou, Haidong Wang, Enwu Xu, Guangxia Wei, Kun Wang, Guofang Zhao, Zhongmin Peng, Guoqiang Yin, Xueliang Yang, Teng Mao, Deping Zhao, Hua Tang, Jiandong Mei, Yun Wang, Weiguo Jin, Dongsheng Yue, Hao Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Dianbo Li, Yongfu Ma, Saibo Pan, Luming Wang, Ming Wu, Zixiang Wu, Yanhe Su, Yu Qi, Jianjun Qin, Hongcan Shi, Guangqiang Zhao, Fengwei Tan, Tianhu Wang, Han Yang, Haoxian Yang, Yingguo Zhang, Kai Cui, Wuping Wang, Wenhai Li, Ting Chang, Kai Guo, Yawei Dou, Shudong Li, Dong Han, Kunxiang Gao, Chao Ding, Yong Zhang, Guangjian Zhang, Junke Fu, Wen Liu, Qingchun Liu, Xi Zhang, Weidong Lv, Jia Liu, Guangyan Lei, Yunfeng Zhang, Tao Xu, Yong Zhang, Xiaoquan Ding, Hongtao Tang, Xiaoping Liang, Xiaokang Zhang, Peng Ge, Junqi Wang, Jiantao Jiang, Jianzhong Li, Ruibin Xu, Yize Guo, Mingliang Xing, Jiakuan Chen, Honggang Liu, Ende Yang, Shaoyi Cheng, Liping Tong, Haihua Guo, Tao Wang, Guang Yang, Jianyong Sun, Yongshi Liu, Nianlin Xie, Lei Wang, Feng Tian, Daixing Zhong, Yunfeng Ni, Jian Wang, Jinbo Zhao, Jie Lei, Lijun Huang, Zhongping Gu, Tao Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Tao Jiang, Qiang Lu, Xiaolong Yan, Yongan Zhou   +168 more
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Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis [PDF]

CSurgeries, 2016
Abstract Introduction: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an exceedingly rare proliferative disorder in which pathologic histiocytic cells accumulate in nearly every organ.
Joseph C. Fusco, Gary Nace, Juan L. Calisto, Marcus M. Malek   +3 more
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Analysis of Patients Resected for Primary Mediastinal Mass: Which Surgical Approach is Superior

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2023
Introduction:In recent years, robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been more frequently preferred in the surgical treatment of mediastinal masses.
Yunus Aksoy, Abidin Şehitoğulları
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