Table 1.

Management of Mediastinal Cysts: Majority Still Managed by Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery or Thoracotomy

Series	Year	Technique	N	Location in Mediastinum	Complication	Recurrence
Urschel52	1994	Mediastinoscopy	3	Middle	None	none
St. George12	1991	Open 65	66	Middle 23	Vagal injury, Esophageal
		Mediastinoscopy 1		Posterior 43	laceration, Bronchial laceration
Ribet47	1995	Open 68	69	Middle 50	1 thoracoscopy converted to open	none
		Mediastinoscopy 1		Anterior 19
Roviaro53	2000	VATS	9	Middle 5	Bleeding	none
				Anterior 4
Hazelrigg48	1993	VATS	9	Anterior 1	None	none
				Middle 1
				Posterior 7
Zambudino54	2002	4 VATS	20	Anterior 17	Phrenic nerve injury, hemothorax	none
		16 Open		Middle 3
Demmy55	1998	VATS	14	Middle 7	Hemorrhage (converted to open)	1
				Posterior 7
Smythe46	1998	Mediastinoscopy	3	Anterior	None	None
Cohen56	1991	Open	45	Middle and Posterior	NA	NA
Cirino57	2000	VATS	11	Middle and Posterior	Air leak, Phrenic nerve injury, stellate ganglion injury, diaphragm injury	None
Martinod58	2000	VATS	20	Middle and Posterior	Bleeding Convert to open in 7	NA
Takeda59	2002	19 VATS	105	All	3/19 VATS converted to open	NA
		81 Open		compartments
Davis1	1987	NA	101	Anterior 7	NA	NA
				Middle 60
				Posterior 34