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Video-assisted extended transcervical thymectomy
Christopher B Komanapalli1, James I Cohen, Mithran S Sukumar
1From the *Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the †Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Head and Neck Oncology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR.
Objective:
: The objective of this study was to demonstrate extended thymectomy via the transcervical route.
Methods:
: With the use of the Rultract retractor (Rultract, Cleveland, OH), videothoracoscopy and single-lung ventilation allowed complete thymectomy.
Results:
: This article demonstrates complete resection of all the thymus from the anterior and superior mediastinum.
Conclusions:
: In selected patients, the transcervical route can used to completely resect the thymus, avoiding the morbidity of sternotomy.
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