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Oncological Outcomes of Complete Versus Limited Thymectomy in Early Stage Thymic Epithelial Tumors: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis [PDF]

JTO Clinical and Research Reports
Objectives: To clarify the role of limited versus complete thymectomy in stage I thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) using standardized survival measures and predefined oncological outcomes.
Riccardo Tajè, MD, Filippo Tommaso Gallina, MD, Gabriele Alessandrini, MD, Francesco Guerrera, MD, PhD, Daniele Forcella, MD, Pietro Bertoglio, MD, PhD, Fabiana Letizia Cecere, MD, Federico Cappuzzo, MD, Jonathan Cools-Lartigue, MD, PhD, Sara Najmeh, MD, MsC, Matthieu Rousseau, MD, Lorenzo Ferri, MD, PhD, Paolo Mendogni, MD, PhD, Jonathan D. Spicer, MD, PhD, Vincenzo Ambrogi, MD, PhD, Edoardo Mercadante, MD, PhD   +15 more
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Margin-negative resection and long-term survival following robot-assisted thymectomy for thymoma: A tumor size stratified analysisCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open
Objective: Although open thymectomy has traditionally been the gold standard for resection of large thymic tumors, growing evidence has suggested minimally invasive thymectomy to confer comparable survival. However, the influence of incremental increases
Sara Sakowitz, MD, MPH, MBA, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD, MBE, Yas Sanaiha, MD, Saad Mallick, MD, Peyman Benharash, MD, Jane Yanagawa, MD   +5 more
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Thymectomy with or without maintenance therapy for myasthenia gravis patients: a tri-center, real-world study [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Background: The necessity and optimal duration of post-thymectomy immunoregulatory medication (IM) in myasthenia gravis (MG) remain unclear. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate whether IM is required after thymectomy in MG patients and to determine ...
Hao Zhang, Moli Fan, Yutong Shi, Xiaoyu Huang, Ying Cui, Zihao Yu, Chun-Sheng Yang, Hui-Ning Li, Xiao-He Zhang, Peng Liu, Ti Wu, Fu-Dong Shi, Guo-Yan Qi   +12 more
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Robotic thymectomy for ocular myasthenia gravis: a case series from a UK tertiary centre [PDF]

BMJ Neurology Open
Background Ocular myasthenia gravis (oMG), characterised by ptosis and diplopia, may progress to generalised MG (gMG). Thymectomy is established for seropositive gMG, but its role in oMG remains unclear.
David Lawrence, Jennifer Spillane, Thomas Roberts, Stephen Cone, Alessandro Maraschi, Kunal Bhakhri   +5 more
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The neurological outcome in the patients with myasthenia gravis who underwent thymectomy via sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021
Background/Aim. Thymectomy is accepted in the surgical treatment of the patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Earlier thymectomy via sternotomy has recently been replaced by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), which is less invasive.
Martić Vesna, Marić Nebojša, Cvijanović Vlado   +2 more
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Robotic thymectomy [PDF]

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 2017
Thymectomy is the most frequent surgical operation involving the mediastinum, both for the treatment of thymic tumors and for the multidisciplinary management of myasthenia gravis (MG). Different surgical approaches have been described, either traditional open approaches or minimally invasive ones.
Marulli, Giuseppe, Comacchio, Giovanni Maria, Rea, Federico   +2 more
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Robotic thymectomy: a review of techniques and results

Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023
Thymectomy is a well-established therapeutic option in the multidisciplinary treatment of nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis (MG) and in thymoma treatment.
Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza
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Robotic thymectomy [PDF]

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 2016
Robotic thymectomy is an increasingly used modality. Patients who are candidates for traditional, open thymectomy are typically also candidates for robotic thymectomy, with the exception of patients with invasion of great vessels. Knowledge of and training on the robotic platform is critical for success.
Benjamin, Wei, Robert, Cerfolio
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Risk Benefit Analysis of Routine Thymectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancers: A Systematic Review

The Surgery Journal, 2021
Background Central compartment lymph node dissection (CLND) is a part of the surgical management of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Therapeutic CLND is done to address clinically significant central compartment nodes in patients with DTC, while ...
Pallvi Kaul, Priyanka Kaul, Dharma Ram Poonia, Ashish Jakhetiya, Vipin Arora, Pankaj Kumar Garg   +5 more
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Case Series: Clinical Impact of Plasmapheresis and Thymectomy on Early-Onset Myasthenia Gravis

Case Reports in Neurology, 2021
Thymectomy is a common procedure performed in cases of myasthenia gravis (MG) with a thymoma or general MG that does not improve with medical therapy. This procedure is usually preceded by plasmapheresis to prevent the occurrence of myasthenic crisis and
Yusak M.T. Siahaan, Retno Jayantri Ketaren, Aristo Rinaldi Pangestu, Vinson Hartoyo   +3 more
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