Surgerys used in thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and anterior mediastinal tumours have become much less invasive in recent years. In our study, the surgical technique which resected the thymus below the xiphoid process and the technique which was regarded as conventional video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy was compared.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
Subxiphoid procedure for thymectomy
VATS procedure for thymectomy
Yunpeng
Jinan, Shandong, China
RECRUITINGVisual Analogue Scale of postoperative pain
in score
Time frame: within 3 days
Operation time
in minutes
Time frame: one day
The amount of blood loss
in milliliter
Time frame: one day
Duration of drainage
in days
Time frame: with 7 days
Duration of hospital stay
in days
Time frame: with 7 days
Complete remission rates
Complete remission rates after 5 year follow-up of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
Time frame: 5 years
Recurrence rate
Recurrence rate after 5 year follow-up of thymectomy for thymoma
Time frame: 5 years
Overall survival
Overall survival in rate
Time frame: within 10 years
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