A comparison of robot-assisted thoracic surgery and median sternotomy for the treatment of early-stage thymoma: a propensity score matching study

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s11748-026-02294-8. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hirofumi Takenaka¹, Tetsuya Mizuno², Keita Nakanishi¹, Yuka Kadomatsu¹, Harushi Ueno¹, Taketo Kato¹, Shota Nakamura¹, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. m-tetsuya@mvc.biglobe.ne.jp.

PMID: 41999463
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-026-02294-8

No abstract available

Keywords: Early-stage; Median sternotomy; Robot-assisted thoracic surgery; Thymectomy; Thymoma.