Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Marco Schiavon, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa, Angela De Palma, Roberto Scaramuzzi, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Bongiolatti, Nicola Monaci, Paraskevas Lyberis, Pierluigi Novellis, Jury Brandolini, Sara Parini, Sara Ricciardi, Antonio D'Andrilli, Edoardo Bottoni, Filippo Tommaso Gallina, Maria Carlotta Marino, Giulia Lorenzoni, Andrea Francavilla, Erino Angelo Rendina, Giuseppe Cardillo, Ottavio Rena, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Alloisio, Luca Luzzi, Francesco Facciolo, Luca Voltolini, Stefano Margaritora, Carlo Curcio, Giuseppe Marulli, Enrico Ruffini, Giulia Veronesi, Franca Melfi, Federico Rea
OBJECTIVES: Robotic thymectomy has been suggested and considered technically feasible for thymic tumors. However, because of small-sample series and the lack of data on long-term results, controversies still exist on surgical and oncological results with this approach. We performed a large national multicenter study sought to evaluate the early and long-term outcomes after robot-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy in thymic epithelial tumors. METHODS: All patients with thymic epithelial tumors operated through a robotic thoracoscopic approach between 2002 and 2022 from 15 Italian centers were enrolled...
April 25, 2024: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery