Table 5. Overall survival outcomes in studies reporting on video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thymectomy for thymoma.
First author | Year published | Approach | 6 months | 9 months | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | 6 years | 7 years | 8 years | 9 years | 10 years |
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Chao | 2015 | NR | ||||||||||||
Cheng | 2005 | NR | ||||||||||||
Chung | 2012 | VATS | NR | NR | NR | 100 | NR | NR | 100.0 | NR | 100.0 | NR | ||
Open | NR | NR | NR | 98 | NR | NR | 98 | NR | 77 | NR | ||||
He | 2013 | VATS | NR | |||||||||||
Open | NR | NR | 94.4 | NR | ||||||||||
Kimura | 2013 | VATS | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | NR | ||||||
Open | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | NR | ||||||||
Liu | 2014 | VATS | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | NR | ||||
Open | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 96.8 | NR | ||||||
Maniscalco | 2015 | NR | ||||||||||||
Manoly | 2014 | VATS | NR | NR | 100 | NR | 83.3 | NR | 83.3 | NR | ||||
Open | NR | NR | 100 | NR | 93.8 | NR | 93.8 | NR | ||||||
Odaka | 2010 | NR | ||||||||||||
Pennathur | 2011 | NR | ||||||||||||
Sakamaki | 2014 | VATS | 98.1 | 98.1 | 98.1 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 | 96.8 |
Open | 90.7 | 90.7 | 90.7 | 90.7 | 90.7 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | ||
Tagawa | 2014 | NR | ||||||||||||
Ye | 2014 | NR | ||||||||||||
Yuan | 2014 | NR | ||||||||||||
Range | VATS | 90.7-100.0 | 98.1-100.0 | 98.1-100.0 | 96.8-100.0 | 83.3-100.0 | NR | 83.3-100.0 | NR | NR | ||||
Open | NR | NR | 94.4-100.0 | 90.7-100.0 | NR | NR | 79.1-98.0 | NR | NR |
VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; NR, not reported.