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Piotr Yablonskii1,2, Grigorii Kudriashov1, Vadim Pischik2,3, Evgenii Sigal4,5, Sabriddin Nuraliev1.
Abstract
First VATS thymectomy was performed 25 years ago (Landreneau et al., 1992). After that, minimally invasive approaches for surgical procedures have rapidly increased in the world. The aim of this paper was study of current problems and the status of surgery for thymus diseases in Russia. This is first global survey of all thoracic centers, which had experience in thymic surgery.Entities:
Keywords: Surgery of thymus gland; minimally invasive thoracic surgery; robot-assisted thymectomy
Year: 2017 PMID: 29078679 PMCID: PMC5639025 DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2017.07.14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vis Surg ISSN: 2221-2965