For giant mediastinal teratomas, the only treatment option available is usually open-chest surgery, which causes significant trauma, leads to obvious postoperative pain and may result in long-term complications such as chest wall deformity. Currently, we have developed a new treatment method. We use a double retractor system to pull the upper and lower ends of the sternum, lifting it to obtain sufficient surgical space behind the sternum. This enables us to perform minimally invasive tumor resection through the subxiphoid approach with thoracoscopy. The advantages of this method include reduced surgical trauma and postoperative pain, shortened hospital stay, and improved cosmetic effect
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The incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications
Timeframe: From the start of the surgery to 30 days after the operation