Comparison of the progression-free survival between robot-assisted thymectomy and video-assisted thymectomy for thymic epithelial tumors: a propensity score matching study.

Conclusions: RATT has the superiorities over VATT on short-term outcomes due to enabling surgeons to operate in a stable and comfortable environment. Meanwhile, RATT yielded a longer PFS compared with VATT, although the difference was not significant. Therefore, RATT could be considered as a standard approach for the treatment of thymic epithelial tumors. PMID: 32944315 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research