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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1878
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Video-assisted extended thymectomy in patients with thymoma by lifting the sternum: is it safe?

Axel Aubert, MD, Philippe Chaffanjon, MD, Pierre-Yves Brichon, MD

Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Générale, Chu de Grenoble, BP 217 - 38043 Grenoble Cedex 09, France

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To the Editor:

In an article by Dr Takeo and colleagues [1], readers were encouraged to perform complete extended thymectomy for thymoma by video thoracoscopy (VT) with a sternum-elevating method. In a previous article Dr Roviaro and colleagues reported VT excision of 20 mediastinal masses including 8 thymic tumors [2].

In view of two cases of tumor chest wall implantation in our experience we disagree with these propositions. These previously reported . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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