Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy Versus Subxiphoid Procedure

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Conditions studied: Thymectomy

In brief

Surgerys used in thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and anterior mediastinal tumours have become much less invasive in recent years. In our study, the surgical technique which resected the thymus below the xiphoid process and the technique which was regarded as conventional video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy was compared.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04223466

Run by

The Second Hospital of Shandong University

People needed

100

Starts

2020-01-07

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2022-11-16

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Thymoma with or without myasthenia gravis；
• Generalized myasthenia gravis not sensitive to conservative medicine treatment;
• Good cardiopulmonary function.

You may not qualify if…

• Cardiopulmonary function can't bear surgery;
• Generalized myasthenia gravis with MuSK(+).

Where it is running

• Yunpeng — Jinan, Shandong, China (enrolling)

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