Comparison of perioperative outcomes of videothoracoscopy and robotic surgical techniques in thymoma.

CONCLUSION: In the treatment of clinical stage I and stage II thymoma patients, the robotic approach and excision with VATS are techniques with equal reliability. However, the use of robot-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy technique is advantageous in terms of decreasing the total amount of postoperative drainage and shortening the length of hospital stay.
PMID: 31047770 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - April 29, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Şehitogullari A, Nasır A, Anbar R, Erdem K, Bilgin C Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research