Thymomectomy plus total thymectomy versus simple thymomectomy for early-stage thymoma without myasthenia gravis: a European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Thymic Working Group Study.
Francesco GuerreraPierre Emmanuel FalcozBernhard MoserDirk E Van RaemdonckAndrea Bille'Alper TokerLorenzo SpaggiariLuca AmpolliniClaudia FilippiniPascal-Alexandre ThomasBram VerdonckPaolo MendogniClemens AignerLuca VoltoliniNuria Maria NovoaMiriam PatellaSara MantovaniIvan Gomes BravioCharalambos ZisisAngela GuiraoFrancesco LonderoMiguel CongregadoGaetano RoccoBert Du PontNicola MartucciMatthias EschAlessandro BrunelliFrank C DetterbeckFederico VenutaWalter WederEnrico Ruffininull nullWalter KlepetkoAnne OllandBert Du PontDaisuke NonakaBerker OzkanGiorgio Lo IaconoCesare BraggioPier Luigi FilossoGeoffrey BrioudePaul van SchilMario NosottiDaniel ValdiviaStefano BongiolattiIlhan InciRontogianni DimitraDavid SànchezWilliam GrossiSergio Moreno-MerinoMartin TeschnerPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
Patients with early-stage thymoma without MG who have a TT show significantly better freedom from recurrence than those who have an ST, without an increase in postoperative morbidity rate.