The application and the effect of extrathoracic minimally invasive surgery on the patients with mediastinal mass / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Ojective To study the application and the effect of extrathoracic minimally invasive surgery on the patients with mediastinal mass. Methods The therapeutic result of 6 cases of mediastinal mass resected through minimal extrathoracic approach were retrospectively reviewed. Results 6 patients underwent successfully operation and recovered smoothly without any complication or operation death. A following up period lasting two years showed that no recurrence or metastasis occurred. Conclusions Extrathoracic minimally invasive surgery has the advantages of minimal invasion, quicker recovery and complete resected tumor. It may substitute the classical thoracotomy and could obtain the same therapeutic in the selective cases.