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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 69(02): 173-180
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713878
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Comparison of Subxiphoid and Intercostal Uniportal Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Nonmyasthenic Early-Stage Thymoma: A Retrospective Single-Center Propensity-Score Matching Analysis

Zhengcheng Liu 
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Treatment and Research Center for Pulmonary Nodule in Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
2   Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Rusong Yang
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Treatment and Research Center for Pulmonary Nodule in Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
2   Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
› Author Affiliations Sources of Funding Key project of Nanjing medical science and technology program (ZKX17045), Jiangsu medical talents project(QNRC2016124).
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Erratum to: Comparison of Subxiphoid and Intercostal Uniportal Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Nonmyasthenic Early-Stage Thymoma: A Retrospective Single-Center Propensity-Score Matching AnalysisThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 69(02): e1-e1
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721390

Abstract

Objective The aim of this study was to compare early outcome between intercostal uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (IU-VATS) versus subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SU-VATS) in thymectomy for non-myasthenic early-stage thymoma.

Method Retrospective analysis of 76 cases completed in our hospital from May 2018 to September 2019 with subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic thymectomy; a single incision of ∼3 cm was made ∼1 cm under the xiphoid process. The control group included 213 patients who received intercostal uniportal thoracoscopic thymectomy from August 2015, and propensity score matching was conducted. All patients who were clinically diagnosed with thymic tumor before surgery were treated with thymectomy. Perioperative outcomes between SU-VATS (n = 76) and IU-VATS, n = 76 were compared.

Result After propensity score matching, there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, gender, disease stage, maximal tumor size, or other baseline demographic and clinical variables. All operation was successfully completed; there were no significant differences in the operative time (88 vs. 81 minutes, p = 0.63), intraoperative blood loss (55 vs. 46 mL, p = 0.47), postoperative drainage time (2.2 vs. 2.5 days, p = 0.72), and postoperative hospital stay (3.2 vs. 3.4 days, p = 0.78) between the two groups. The visual analog scale (VAS) on postoperative days 1, 3, 7, and 30 was less in the SU-VATS group than that in the IU-VATS group. The VAS on days 60 and 180 did not differ significantly between the two groups.

Conclusion Thymectomy using SU-VATS is a feasible procedure; it might reduce early postoperative pain and lead to faster recovery.

Keywords

subxiphoid - uniportal thoracoscopic - thymectomy

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.




Publication History

Received: 22 March 2020

Accepted: 23 May 2020

Article published online:
04 September 2020

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