Tumor-to-thoracic height and width ratios as adjunct imaging markers for preoperative risk stratification in minimally invasive surgery for pediatric mediastinal masses
Satoshi Makita, Hiroo Uchida, Akinari Hinoki, Chiyoe Shirota, Takahisa Tainaka, Hizuru Amano, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Masamune Okamoto, Aitaro Takimoto, Akihiro Yasui, Shunya Takada, Kaito Hayashi, Yoichi Nakagawa, Daiki Kato, Hiroki Ishii, Hajime Asai, Kazuki Ota, Yui Murata, Yaohui Guo, Jiahui Liu · 2026
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Satoshi Makita, Hiroo Uchida, Akinari Hinoki, and a wider team wrote this research paper, published in 2026. It proposes two simple ratios from chest scans to warn surgeons when keyhole surgery on a child's chest mass is likely to turn difficult.
A tumor's raw size misleads in children, whose chests offer little working room. The team reviewed sixty-five children operated on between 2007 and 2025, most by minimally invasive surgery. They measured the tumor against the chest's own height and width. Five of the fifty-six keyhole cases hit complications during surgery. Both ratios ran far higher in those children, roughly double the calm cases. Other imaging risk signs added context. The authors offer the ratios as cheap adjunct markers for choosing between keyhole and open surgery before the first incision.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Satoshi Makita, Hiroo Uchida, Akinari Hinoki, Chiyoe Shirota, Takahisa Tainaka, Hizuru Amano, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Masamune Okamoto, Aitaro Takimoto, Akihiro Yasui, Shunya Takada, Kaito Hayashi, Yoichi Nakagawa, Daiki Kato, Hiroki Ishii, Hajime Asai, Kazuki Ota, Yui Murata, Yaohui Guo, Jiahui Liu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |