Table 1 Literature review of different surgical approaches used for resection of SFTs
From: Surgical considerations in the resection of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura
References | Surgical approach |
|---|---|
Cardillo et al. [13] | 71% video-assisted thoracic surgery, n = 39 |
|  | 18% posterolateral thoracotomy, n = 10 |
|  | 7% lung resection, n = 4 |
|  | 2% thymectomy, n = 1 |
|  | 2% en bloc chest wall resection, n = 1 |
|  | Total cases = 55 |
Lococo et al. [27] | 70% en bloc resection, n = 35 |
|  | 26% isolated mass excision, n = 13 |
|  | 4% no surgical intervention performed, n = 2 |
|  | Total cases = 50 |
Magdeleinat et al. [4] | 80% posterolateral thoracotomy, n = 48 |
|  | 10% video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), n = 6 |
|  | 8% anterolateral thoracotomy, n = 5 |
|  | 2% median sternotomy, n = 1 |
|  | Total cases = 60 |
Suter et al. [5] | 100% thoracotomy, unspecified, n = 15 |
|  | Total cases = 15 |