Table 1.

Comparison of clinical data in thoracoscopic thymectomy between the left and right chest approach

	Cases	Age (years)	Lesion diameter (cm)	Operative time (min)	Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	Complication rate (%)
Left chest approach	52	47.2 ± 14.5	5.7 ± 2.4	105.3 ± 24.6	78.5 ± 67.6	5.7%
Right chest approach	234	41.3 ± 13.2	4.1 ± 2.9	111.4 ± 48.5	113.2 ± 87.3	4.7%
P-value		0.467	0.017	0.251	0.187