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We performed mediastinoscopic surgery on two patients with a thymic cyst using a new instrument by sternum-lifting with tape. The merits of this technique are that a resection of the thymus and cyst can be achieved without a midline sternotomy, and under bilateral ventilation, and in cases with pleural adhesion. This technique can be applicable to most benign thymic lesions including thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and to selected cases with a malignant thymic tumor.
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Ito, S., Nakamura, A. & Tagawa, T. Video-assisted mediastinoscopic resection of a thymic cyst by sternum lifting. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 118–120 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218103
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