Clinical efficacy of robot-assisted thymectomy for large thymomas: a dual analysis of national and single-institution data
RAT is associated with fewer complications and shorter hospital stays while maintaining comparable OS to OT for large thymomas. Socioeconomic and racial disparity continues to exist in RAT access among those with limited insurance and the African American population.
Authors
- Charles D. Logan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2184-8954)
- Kalvin C. Lung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6861-7010)
- Ankit Bharat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1248-0457)
- Maxime A Visa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-8043)
- Austin Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-6874)
- Samuel S. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-478X)
- Hee Chul Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-5829)
- Joseph Shilati
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2025-714
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00