A challenging case of a giant thymoma resected using the clamshell approach.

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Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS / European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1510/mmcts.2025.019

Giulia Pagliarini, Vincenzo Verzeletti, Alessandro Bonis, Gianluca Canu, Marco Mammana, Samuele Nicotra, Andrea Dell'Amore, Federico Rea

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Abstract

Extensive intrathoracic tumours demand an aggressive surgical approach due to their size and proximity to vital structures, thereby increasing procedural risks. A thymoma can expand substantially before detection and affect surrounding tissues. An operation is the primary therapy, sometimes supplemented by chemotherapy or radiation. In this case report, we present the case of a giant thymoma managed with the clamshell approach.

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一个具有挑战性的案例，一个巨大的胸腺瘤切除使用翻盖方法。

广泛的胸内肿瘤由于其大小和靠近重要结构，因此需要积极的手术方法，从而增加了手术风险。胸腺瘤在未被发现前可大面积扩张并影响周围组织。手术是主要的治疗方法，有时辅以化疗或放疗。在这个病例报告中，我们提出了一个巨大胸腺瘤的病例与翻盖入路管理。

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期刊介绍： The Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (MMCTS) is produced by The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). MMCTS is the world’s premier video-based educational resource for cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons; freely accessible - and essential - for all. MMCTS was launched more than ten years ago under the leadership of founding editor Professor Marko Turina. It was Professor Turina’s vision that the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), already the world-leader in CT surgery education, should take advantage of the Internet’s rapidly improving video publication capabilities and create a new step-by-step manual of surgical procedures. Professor Turina and EACTS agreed that the manual, MMCTS, should be freely accessible to all users, regardless of association membership status, nationality, or affiliation. MMCTS was self-published by EACTS for some years before being transferred to Oxford University Press, which hosted it until the end of 2016. In November 2016, the Manual returned home to EACTS and it has now relaunched in a completely new format. Since its birth in 2005, MMCTS has published some 400 detailed, video-based demonstrations of cardio-thoracic surgical procedures. Tutorials published prior to 2012 have been archived and we are working with the authors of these tutorials to update their work pending republication on the new site. Our mission is to make MMCTS the best online reference for cardio-thoracic surgeons – residents and experienced surgeons alike. Our aim is to include tutorials presenting procedures at both a fundamental and an advanced level. Truly innovative procedures are also included and are identified as such.