Diagnosis and surgical treatment of thymoma
- VernacularTitle:胸腺瘤的诊断与外科治疗
- Author:
Bin WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thymoma;
Diagnosis;
Surgical treatment
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
1987;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To summarize the experiences of the diagnosis and surgical treament for thymoma.Methods:Sixty-five patients with thymoma,surgically treated in our department in the period 1970 to 2000,were retrospectively analysed in respect to the surgical approach,simple thymoma resection and extended thymoma resection.Results:Imaging examination,such as chest X-ray,was the main diagnostic method.Myasthemia gravis was common concomitant disease with an incidence of 43.1%(28/65).Extended thymoma resection was superior to simple resection in therapeutic efficacy.Radiotherapy and chemotherapy could raise therapeutic effects in tumors over stage-Ⅱ.Conclusion:It is inappropriate to adopt simple thymoma resection.No matter which stage the tumor is,extended resection is the effective method to decrease the recurrent rate.
