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SURGERY TODAY
Volume 53, Issue 9, Pages 1089-1099Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-023-02667-z
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Thymectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Tumor size; Total thymectomy
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Minimally invasive surgery is feasible for thymic epithelial tumors, even for large non-invasive thymomas or total thymectomy, but the operative duration and conversion rate increase with the tumor diameter.
PurposeMinimally invasive surgery (MIS) for thymic tumors is now accepted widely, in line with improved surgical techniques; however, we occasionally encounter complicated cases of large tumors or of total thymectomy requiring prolonged operative duration or conversion to an open procedure (OP). We reviewed patients registered in a nationwide database to identify the technical feasibility of MIS for thymic epithelial tumors.MethodsData on patients treated surgically between 2017 and 2019 were extracted from the National Clinical Database of Japan. Clinical factors and operative outcomes were calculated by tumor diameter using trend analyses. Perioperative outcomes of MIS for non-invasive thymoma were investigated using propensity score-matched analyses.ResultsMIS was performed in 46.2% of the patients. The operative duration and conversion rate increased with the tumor diameter (p < .001). After propensity score-matching, operative duration and postoperative hospital stay were shorter (p < .001), and the transfusion rate was lower (p = .007) in patients who underwent MIS than in those who underwent OP for thymomas >= 5 cm. Among patients who underwent total thymectomy, blood loss was less (p < .001) and the postoperative hospital stay was shorter (p < .001) in those who underwent MIS than in those who underwent OP. There were no significant differences in postoperative complications and mortality.ConclusionsMIS is technically feasible even for large non-invasive thymomas or for total thymectomy, although the operative duration and open conversion rate increase with the tumor diameter.
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