Reversed-T upper mini-sternotomy for extended thymectomy in myasthenic patients.
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Abstract
A minimally invasive approach for extended thymectomy in myasthenic patients is described. Through an 8- to 10-cm midline skin incision with a reversed-T upper mini-sternotomy, an extended thymectomy was performed. The mediastinal fat was removed beginning from the diaphragm up to the thyroid gland, and to each phrenic nerve, laterally. Extended thymectomy through a reversed-T upper mini-sternotomy warrants complete excision of thymic tissue while allowing a short hospitalization and good cosmetic result.
Medical subject headings
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Sternum
- Thymectomy
- Thymoma
- Thymus Neoplasms