title: Thymoma. The use of minimally invasive resection techniques.
abstract: Surgery remains the cornerstone of therapy for thymoma whether the lesion is encapsulated or invasive. Video-assisted thoracic surgical techniques may be applicable in a number of patients with encapsulated thymoma for definitive therapy, especially when combined with a transcervical approach to achieve total thymectomy. Initial experience with a minimally invasive approach for resection of thymomas is described. The development of new instrumentation facilitates the performance of these procedures.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed