Background: VATS thymectomy, performed using the intercostal approach
(LVATS), is the most widely used minimally invasive surgical treatment for
thymus surgery worldwide. Subxiphoid single-port thoracoscopic thymectomy
(SVATS) is a recent alternative approach to LVATS.
Methods: Between May 2019 and February 2023, 60 patients with nonthymomatous
myasthenia gravis were enrolled in this prospective study.
Patients were randomly divided into two groups: (The LVATS group and
the SVATS group); each group contained 30 patients. The mean operative
time, blood loss, conversion to open thymectomy, duration of postoperative
pleural drain, total length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications
were evaluated.