1. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy: The Better Approach
Calvin S.H. Ng, MD, FRCS, Innes Y.P. Wan, FRCS, Anthony P.C. Yim, MD, FRCS 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 89, Issue 6, Pages S2135-S2141 (June 2010)
DOI: /j.athoracsur
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2. Fig 1
Positions of the thoracic ports in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy.
(Reprinted from Patterson GA, Pearson FG, Cooper JD, eds, Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery, 3rd ed. © 2008, with permission from Elsevier.)
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3. Fig 2
Dissection of left superior horn behind the left brachiocephalic vein. (LB = left brachiocephalic vein; LSH = left superior horn; RB = right brachiocephalic vein.)
(Reprinted from Patterson A, Pearson G, Cooper J, eds, Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery, 3rd ed. © 2008, with permission from Elsevier.)
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4. Fig 3
Thymic bed after thymectomy clearly demonstrating the venous anatomy. (LB = left brachiocephalic vein; LL = left lung; RB = right brachiocephalic vein; SVC = superior vena cava.)
(Reprinted from Patterson A, Pearson G, Cooper J, eds, Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery, 3rd ed. © 2008, with permission from Elsevier.)
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , S2135-S2141DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )
Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions