Publications by authors named "Abbas Rabani"
Background: Minimal access mediastinal surgery (MAMS) is usually performed under general anaesthesia with double lumen tubes (DLT). The aim of this study is to evaluate two lung ventilation through single lumen tubes (SLT) during thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis and thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis.
Methods: In this prospective non-randomized study, MAMS was performed in 58 patients with hyperhidrosis and 42 patients with myasthenia gravis, from January 2002 to December 2008.
Context: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has been proposed as a less invasive technique for treatment of myasthenia gravis.
Materials And Methods: A total of 31 patients underwent a right-sided VATS to remove all anterior mediastinal fat and thymic tissue during a 4-year period in our institution. None of the patients had associated thymoma.