Video assisted trans-cervical thymectomy A minimally invasive approach to treat non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis
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Contemporary surgical options to remove the thymus gland include median sternotomy with extended resection or minimally invasive techniques. Transcervical thymectomy has been criticized as potentially giving a “lesser” thymectomy. We describe the trans cervical approach with telescope enhancement using a standard VATS camera. This report describes the method emphasising the excellent visualization, and discuss the pro and cons over the classic trans-cervical approach or thymectomies performed by VATS or sternotomy.
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Migliore, Marcello, et al. “Video Assisted Trans-Cervical Thymectomy A Minimally Invasive Approach to Treat Non-Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 84, no. 6, Nov. 2013, pp. 667-70, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2325.
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