‘Useless’ organ that doctors often remove could actually help you live longer and even fight cancer
BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The blob-like organ was thought to be useless in adults – ...
Comparing single-port robotic thymectomy using a single-port robotic system and video-assisted thoracic surgery
A joint research team has announced the world's first comparative results of single-port robotic thymectomy using a ...
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A 'Useless' Organ That Doctors Often Remove Could Actually Fight Cancer
There's a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be 'useless' in adulthood. A retrospective ...
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Korea Univ. Reveals World's 1st Single-port Robot Thymectomy
A Joint research team (Prof. Jun-hee Lee, Hyun-koo Kim, Jin-Wook Hwang, Jae-Ho Chung, the Department of Thoracic and ...
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Korea University Medicine shares single-port robotic thymectomy comparative results
The Korea University team compared and analyzed the perioperative outcomes of 110 cases of robotic thymectomy.
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World’s first comparative study shows safety of single-port robotic thymectomy
In addition, compared with VATS thymectomy, conversion rate to multi-port surgery (0%) was lower, and the chest tube duration (1.32±0.75 days) and hospitalization period (2.52±1.00 days) were ...