Radical surgical resection of advanced thymoma and thymic carcinoma infiltrating the heart or great vessels with cardiopulmonary bypass support

Table 2 Postoperative and follow-up data

Pt	T [20]/UICC	Extent of resection/Residual disease	Postoperative complications	Progress/Recurrence [months]	Status/Survival^a [months]
1	3/IIIa	R0/none	Apoplex, respiratory insufficiency, tracheotomy	None	NED/55
2	4/IIIb	R1/aortic arch	Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, wound healing disorder	Thymoma metastasis above left diaphragm, pleural empyema: complete resection (R0), decortication	NED/20
3	4/IIIb	R2/aortic arch, main pulmonary artery, myocardium	Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, tracheotomy	Mediastinal tumor progress	DOD/7
4	3/IIIa	R0/none	Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, tracheotomy	None	NED/25
5	4/IIIb	R0/none	Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, tracheotomy, gastrointestinal bleeding	None	NED/8
6	4/IIIb	R0/none	Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, myasthenic crisis	None	NED/8

UICC Union for International Cancer Control, T T-category, R0 no residual tumor, R1 microscopic residual tumor, R2 macroscopic residual tumor, CT chemotherapy, RT radiotherapy, NED no evidence of disease, DOD dead of disease
^aFollow-up: June 2015

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