Open AccessThymectomy via parasternal approach in patients with miasthenia
Author(s) -
О. В. Пикин,
А. B. Ryabov,
Oleg Alexandrov,
Н.И. Щербакова,
Н А Хрущева
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik hirurgii im. i.i. grekova/vestnik hirurgii imeni i.i. grekova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2686-7370
pISSN - 0042-4625
DOI - 10.24884/0042-4625-2021-180-2-50--56
Subject(s) - parasternal line , thymectomy , pneumonectomy , medicine , surgery , lung , myasthenia gravis
A new approach for thymectomy in case of mediastinal shifting is proposed. Parasternal access provides optimal conditions for performing an adequate thymectomy, does not require single lung ventilation and could be used after previously performed pneumonectomy.