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. 2024 Feb 29;72(4):254–291. doi: 10.1007/s11748-023-01997-6

Table 15.

Mediastinal tumor

Cases 30-Day mortality Hospital mortality By VATS Robotic surgery
Hospital After discharge
7. Mediastinal tumor 5590 7 (0.13) 1 (0.02) 10 (0.2) 4373 1261
 Thymoma* 2174 3 (0.1) 1 (0.0) 3 (0.1) 1557 517
 Thymic cancer 380 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.3) 228 57
 Thymus carcinoid 49 0 0 0 27 13
 Germ cell tumor 105 1 (1.0) 0 1 (1.0) 70 19
 Benign 81 1 (1.2) 0 1 (1.2) 61 17
 Malignant 24 0 0 0 9 2
 Neurogenic tumor 479 0 0 0 448 102
 Congenital cyst 1188 0 0 1 (0.1) 1124 319
 Goiter 86 0 0 0 42 7
 Lymphatic tumor 164 1 (0.6) 0 1 (0.6) 130 28
 Excision of pleural recurrence of thymoma 34 0 0 0 24 2
 Thymolipoma 14 0 0 0 14 1
 Others 917 1 (0.1) 0 3 (0.3) 709 196

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