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. 2023 Nov 28;72(1):61–94. doi: 10.1007/s11748-023-01979-8

Table 15.

Mediastinal tumor

Cases 30-Day mortality Hospital mortality By VATS Robotic surgery
Hospital After discharge
7. Mediastinal tumor 5573 5 (0.09) 0 9 (0.2) 4224 938
 Thymoma* 2226 0 0 3 (0.1) 1511 366
 Thymic cancer 341 0 0 0 186 37
 Thymus carcinoid 48 0 0 0 27 6
 Germ cell tumor 86 1 (1.2) 0 1 (1.2) 54 13
  Benign 68 1 (1.5) 0 1 (1.5) 48 11
  Malignant 18 0 0 0 6 2
 Neurogenic tumor 393 0 0 0 373 77
 Congenital cyst 1239 0 0 0 1164 270
 Goiter 73 0 0 0 27 5
 Lymphatic tumor 168 1 (0.6) 0 1 (0.6) 124 16
 Excision of pleural recurrence of thymoma 30 0 0 0 20 1
 Thymolipoma 19 0 0 0 8 1
 Others 950 3 (0.3) 0 4 (0.4) 730 146

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