Background Mediastinal teratoma is a rare disease, many cases were reported before, but
few articles focus on large case analyses. The objective of this article is to summarize the …

Abstract Background First described in 1955 Primary mediastinal seminomas are rare. Only
1–4% of mediastinal tumours are germ cell tumors; majority of which are teratomas. They …

Background: Mediastinal mass syndrome represents a major threat to respiratory and
cardiovascular integrity, with difficult evidence-based risk stratification for interdisciplinary …

OBJECTIVES Patients undergoing thoracic surgery experience high complication rates. It is
uncertain whether preoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurements can …

Objectives To summarize the anesthetic management of patients undergoing mediastinal
mass operation. Methods Electronic databases were searched to identify all case reports of …

12Department of Radiation Oncology, VCU Health, Richmond, VA 13Division of Thoracic
Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA …

Abstract Background Computer‐assisted Surgery system (CAS) is an effective medical
imaging simulation tool, which is widely used in preoperative planning of surgery. The …

Background Few clinical research studies with long‐term follow‐up have revealed whether
cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) increases the risk of postoperative distant metastasis in …

Background Giant mediastinal tumors in the pediatric population can pose unique
challenges for resection such as cardiovascular collapse on induction of anesthesia and …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Anesthesia administered to a patient with a large mediastinal
mass engenders concern it may precipitate catastrophic acute hemodynamic or respiratory …