Comparison of perioperative outcomes of videothoracoscopy and robotic surgical techniques in thymoma.

Objective: In this study, the perioperative outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) were compared in patients with clinical stage I and stage II thymoma.

Methods: The outcomes of 24 patients (10 males and 14 females; mean age: 42.5 years; range: 18-65 years) with diagnoses of clinical stage I and stage II thymoma who underwent VATS in our clinic between April 2010 and March 2018 were compared with the outcomes of 21 patients (8 males and 13 females; mean age: 41.