PMID- 22850091
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131022
LR  - 20190608
IS  - 2186-1005 (Electronic)
IS  - 1341-1098 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013
TI  - Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VAT-T) with lateral thoracotomy for 
      stage II and III thymoma.
PG  - 79-82
AB  - Thymoma has malignant potential and is the most common anterior mediastinal 
      tumor. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), which is less invasive surgical 
      procedure, is a good option for resecting Masaoka stage I tumors. Whether VATS is 
      appropriate, depends on the surgeon's judgment and accurate imaging diagnosis. We 
      introduce a technique involving a combination of video-assisted thoracoscopic 
      thymectomy (VAT-T) and lateral thoracotomy for stage II and some stage III 
      thymomas that have locally invaded the lung and/or pericardium.
FAU - Hirai, Kyoji
AU  - Hirai K
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Chiba 
      Hokusou Hospital, Inzai, Chiba, Japan. ky-hirai@nms.ac.jp
FAU - Ibi, Takayuki
AU  - Ibi T
FAU - Bessho, Ryuzo
AU  - Bessho R
FAU - Koizumi, Kiyoshi
AU  - Koizumi K
FAU - Shimizu, Kazuo
AU  - Shimizu K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120731
PL  - Japan
TA  - Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
JT  - Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the 
      Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia
JID - 9703158
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Neoplasm Invasiveness
MH  - Neoplasm Staging
MH  - Patient Positioning
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - *Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
MH  - *Thoracotomy
MH  - Thymectomy/*methods
MH  - Thymoma/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Thymus Neoplasms/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2012/08/02 06:00
MHDA- 2013/10/23 06:00
CRDT- 2012/08/02 06:00
PHST- 2012/08/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/08/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/10/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - DN/JST.JSTAGE/atcs/nm.11.01816 [pii]
AID - 10.5761/atcs.nm.11.01816 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;19(1):79-82. doi: 10.5761/atcs.nm.11.01816. Epub 
      2012 Jul 31.