A 34-year-old woman, evaluated for persistent bronchitic symptoms, was incidentally found to have an anterior mediastinal mass on imaging. Further diagnostic workup confirmed a thymoma, with no associated paraneoplastic manifestations.

Following appropriate preoperative optimisation, we proceeded with a right-sided Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) thymectomy.

 

 

Advantages of the Minimally Invasive Approach

In appropriately selected patients, VATS thymectomy offers distinct benefits:

✔ Reduced postoperative pain
✔ Early mobilisation
✔ Lower wound morbidity
✔ Shorter hospital stay (discharged on postoperative day 5)
✔ Oncologic adequacy maintained

Minimally invasive thoracic surgery continues to demonstrate that oncologic precision and patient-centered recovery can coexist.

Surgical oncology is evolving — not only in achieving disease control, but in enhancing the quality of recovery for our patients.