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Bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy has a surgical extent similar to that of transsternal extended thymectomy with more favorable early surgical outcomes for myasthenia gravis patients

Authors
 Chang Young Lee  ;  Dae Joon Kim  ;  Jin Gu Lee  ;  In Kyu Park  ;  Mi Kyung Bae  ;  Kyung Young Chung 
Citation
 SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, Vol.25(3) : 849-854, 2011 
Journal Title
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
ISSN
 0930-2794 
Issue Date
2011
MeSH
Adult ; Atrophy ; Chest Tubes ; Esthetics ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myasthenia Gravis/etiology ; Myasthenia Gravis/surgery* ; Narcotics/therapeutic use ; Pain, Postoperative/drug therapy ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted/methods* ; Thymectomy/methods* ; Thymoma/complications ; Thymoma/surgery* ; Thymus Gland/pathology ; Thymus Gland/surgery ; Thymus Neoplasms/complications ; Thymus Neoplasms/surgery* ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult
Keywords
Myasthenia gravis ; Thoracoscopy ; Thymectomy
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to introduce the authors' surgical technique of bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (BVT) and to compare their early surgical results between BVT and transsternal extended thymectomy (T3-b thymectomy) for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG).

METHODS: The records of 114 patients who underwent either BVT (n = 55) or T3-b thymectomy (n = 59) for MG were reviewed retrospectively between January 2006 and November 2009.

RESULTS: No surgical mortality or major morbidity occurred in either group. There was no conversion to open thymectomy, and no statistical difference was found in operation time between the two groups (112.2 ± 26.2 min for BVT vs. 130.7 ± 27.3 min for T-3b; p = 0.908). The duration of the chest tube, the length of the intensive care unit (ICU) or hospital stay, and the duration of opioid use for pain control were shorter in BVT group. The estimated blood loss and the total amount of drainage were greater in the T3-b thymectomy group. The specimen weights retrieved by BVT (72.5 ± 61.6 g) were similar to those retrieved by T3-b thymectomy (74.1 ± 38.2 g, p = 0.63) in nonthymomatous MG.

CONCLUSIONS: The BVT was a safe procedure with a surgical extent and amount similar to those of T-3b thymectomy and less invasive for patients with MG. Long-term follow-up assessment and more extensive data are mandatory to verify the early surgical outcomes.
Full Text
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00464-010-1280-y
DOI
10.1007/s00464-010-1280-y
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (흉부외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Dae Joon(김대준)
Park, In Kyu(박인규)
Bae, Mi Kyung(배미경)
Lee, Jin Gu(이진구)
Lee, Chang Young(이창영)
Chung, Kyung Young(정경영)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/92770
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