Paolo Mendogni, Alper Toker, Bernhard Moser, Florentino Hernando Trancho, Clemens Aigner, Ivan Gomes Bravio, Nuria Maria Novoa, Laureano Molins, Lorena Costardi, Luca Voltolini, Nicoletta Pia Ardò, Bram Verdonck, Luca Ampollini, Charlambos Zisis, Vitaly Barmin, Attila Enyedi, Enrico Ruffini, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Pascal-Alexandre Thomas, Walter Weder, Gaetano Rocco, Alessandro Brunelli, Frank C Detterbeck, Federico Venuta, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Davide Tosi, Gianluca Bonitta, Mario Nosotti
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyse the outcomes of an international cohort of patients affected by Masaoka stage III thymic epithelial tumours with vascular involvement and treated by surgery. METHODS: Study design was the observational multicentre retrospective cohort study. Data were extracted from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons thymic database; additional variables were collected. Inclusion criteria were as follows: stage III (Masaoka-Koga) thymic epithelial tumours; surgery with radical intention; clinical or pathological great vessels involvement; and radiologically suspected or diagnosed intraoperatively...
January 27, 2022: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery