title: Video assisted trans-cervical thymectomy: a minimally invasive approach to treat non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Contemporary surgical options to remove the thymus gland include median sternotomy with extended resection or minimally invasive techniques. Transcervical thymectomy has been criticized as potentially giving a "lesser" thymectomy. We describe the trans cervical approach with telescope enhancement using a standard VATS camera. This report describes the method emphasising the excellent visualization, and discuss the pro and cons over the classic trans-cervical approach or thymectomies performed by VATS or sternotomy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Migliore
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alongi
authors.forename: Liborio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampello
authors.forename: Marinella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astuto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery