Open AccessThymomectomy versus complete thymectomy in early-stage non-myasthenic thymomas: a multicentric propensity score-matched study
Author(s) -
Emanuele Voulaz,
Gianluca Perroni,
Anna Russo,
Alexandro Patirelis,
Giuseppe Mangiameli,
Marco Alloisio,
Vincenzo Ambrogi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - Italian
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivac167
Subject(s) - thymoma , medicine , thymectomy , propensity score matching , myasthenia gravis , thymic carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , retrospective cohort study , paleontology , biology
Thymomectomy is gaining consensus over complete thymectomy in early-stage thymoma without myasthenia gravis. This is due both to the difficulty of establishing prospective and randomized controlled studies and to the lack of well-defined selection criteria. This bicentric, retrospective propensity score-matched study aims at comparing oncological outcomes, measured in terms of overall survival and thymoma-related survival, in patients undergoing either thymomectomy or complete thymectomy.