Abstract
This article describes surgery using a transcervical approach with thoracoscopic visualization. The video-assisted extended approach is well suited for patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, thymic cysts, small thymoma, or mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. It incorporates the minimally invasive nature of the transcervical method with the extensive anterior mediastinal dissection, while allowing for complete removal of the thymus and anterior mediastinal fat and avoiding the morbidity of a sternotomy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 235-243 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Thoracic Surgery Clinics |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2010 |
Keywords
- Myasthenia gravis
- Transcervical thymectomy
- Transsternal technique
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine