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Table 2 Kinds of surgical methods

From: Surgical treatment of benign mediastinal teratoma: summary of experience of 108 cases

Surgical methods

No.(%)

Median thoracotomy

28 (25.9%)

Median thoracotomy combined with neck incision

5 (4.6%)

Thoracoscopic surgery

22 (20.4%)

Posterolateral thoracotomy

52 (48.2%)

Simple neck collar incision

1 (0.9%)