Table 2. Study characteristics and intraoperative outcomes.
| Study | Year | Mean operating time (min) |
Mean blood loss (mL) |
R0 resection rate (%) |
Lung resection, n [%] |
Pericardial resection, n [%] |
Phrenic nerve resection, n [%] |
Innominate vein resection, n [%] |
Open conversion, n [%] |
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| MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | OT | MIT | |||||||||
| Mineo | 2015 | 150# | 138# | 180# | 240# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 [8.5] | |||||||
| Gu | 2015 | 65# | 88# | 126# | 177# | 100 | 100 | 1 [2] | 1 [2] | 1 [2] | 2 [4] | 0 [0] | 1 [2] | 0 [0] | 2 [4] | 3 [6.1] | |||||||
| Chen | 2014 | 119 | 112 | 35# | 86# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Ye | 2014 | 170*# | 210*# | 200*# | 450*# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 [3.2] | |||||||
| Ye | 2014 | 97# | 215# | 61# | 466# | 100 | 100 | 0 [0] | |||||||||||||||
| Seong | 2014 | 157 | 139 | – | – | – | – | 2 [6] | 1 [3] | 2 [6] | 1 [3] | – | – | – | – | 1 [2.9] | |||||||
| Manoly | 2014 | 177 | 152 | – | – | 52.9 | 59.1 | – | – | – | – | 2 [11.8] | 0 [0] | – | – | 2 [11.8] | |||||||
| Liu | 2014 | 142 | 150 | 105 | 160 | 100 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 [1.3] | |||||||
| Kimura | 2013 | 197 | 167 | 105# | 262# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| He | 2013 | 202# | 142# | 99# | 225# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Weksler | 2012 | 130 | – | 42# | 151# | 100 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Jurado | 2012 | 167* | 144* | 20*# | 100*# | 100 | 91.9 | 3 [4] | 18 [10] | 7 [9] | 18 [10] | – | – | 0 [0] | 2 [1] | 6 [7.8] | |||||||
| Chung | 2012 | 117 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 [8.0] | |||||||
| Pennathur | 2011 | – | – | – | – | 94.4 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Lee | 2011 | 112 | 131 | 34# | 124# | 98.2 | 96.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Huang | 2011 | 207# | 173# | 89# | 227# | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Odaka | 2010 | 194 | 181 | 101# | 208# | 100 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Lin | 2010 | 169 | 177 | 126 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Meyer | 2009 | 128 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 [0] | |||||||
| Bachmann | 2008 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
*, denote data presented as a median value; #, values were reported as statistically significant with P<0.05. MIT, minimally invasive thymectomy; OT, open thymectomy.