WANG bin, et al. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of thymoma[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2005,(1):130-131. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2005.01.039.
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.