Surgical resection of Masaoka stage III thymic epithelial tumours with great vessels involvement: a retrospective multicentric analysis from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons thymic database.
Paolo MendogniAlper TokerBernhard MoserFlorentino Hernando TranchoClemens AignerIvan Gomes BravioNuria Maria NovoaLaureano MolinsLorena CostardiLuca VoltoliniNicoletta Pia ArdòBram VerdonckLuca AmpolliniCharlambos ZisisVitaly BarminAttila EnyediEnrico RuffiniDirk E Van RaemdonckPascal-Alexandre ThomasWalter WederGaetano RoccoAlessandro BrunelliFrank C DetterbeckFederico VenutaPierre Emmanuel FalcozDavide TosiGianluca BonittaMario Nosottinull nullPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
We observed that clinical outcomes of patients treated for stage III thymic epithelial tumours with vascular involvement are satisfactory suggesting to increase the confidence in dealing with these complex surgeries. Complete resection should be achieved, even though extensive vascular reconstructions are required.