For giant mediastinal teratomas, the only treatment option available is usually open-chest surgery, which causes significant trauma, leads to obvious postoperative pain and may result in long-term complications such as chest wall deformity. Currently, we have developed a new treatment method. We use a double retractor system to pull the upper and lower ends of the sternum, lifting it to obtain sufficient surgical space behind the sternum. This enables us to perform minimally invasive tumor resection through the subxiphoid approach with thoracoscopy. The advantages of this method include reduced surgical trauma and postoperative pain, shortened hospital stay, and improved cosmetic effect
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
All patients underwent minimally invasive mediastinal tumor resection using a double hook technique via the subxiphoid approach. The procedure was as follows: A 3-4 cm longitudinal incision was made below the xiphoid, and subcutaneous tissue was dissected to reach the anterior rectus sheath. The retroxiphoid space was bluntly dissected, and a thoracoscopic lens was inserted. A double-retractor system was placed in the subxiphoid and suprasternal regions, and retractor height was adjusted to aid in separating tumor adhesions from residual thymic tissue. Blunt dissection was used to separate the tumor from the innominate vein and phrenic nerve. After full tumor mobilization, it was placed into a sterile specimen bag and removed through the incision. The surgical area was rinsed and a mediastinal drainage tube was inserted, and the incision was closed layer by layer.
The incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications
Time frame: From the start of the surgery to 30 days after the operation
Complete tumor resection rate
Time frame: From the start of the surgery to two weeks after the operation
Postoperative function
The width of the incision scar (mm) and the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS, 0-15 points) one month after the operation.
Time frame: From the start of the surgery to one month after the operation
Postoperative Quality of life
The EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D) was used to assess the quality of life after the operation
Time frame: From the start of the surgery to six month after the operation
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