title: Video-assisted extended transcervical thymectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  : The objective of this study was to demonstrate extended thymectomy via the transcervical route.
  
  
  METHODS
  : With the use of the Rultract retractor (Rultract, Cleveland, OH), videothoracoscopy and single-lung ventilation allowed complete thymectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  : This article demonstrates complete resection of all the thymus from the anterior and superior mediastinum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  : In selected patients, the transcervical route can used to completely resect the thymus, avoiding the morbidity of sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the †Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Head and Neck Oncology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Komanapalli
authors.forename: James I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Mithran S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sukumar