Conclusion
To our knowledge, the present study is the first pairwise meta-analysis comparing the early and late performance of minimally invasive versus sternotomy approaches in the context of cardiac tumors. Minimally invasive surgery was associated with excellent early and late outcomes, comparable to the MS approach. Our analysis showed that the risk of primary tumor recurrence might be independent of surgical access; this strengthens the effectiveness of MI surgery.
Further research with longer follow-up is needed to compare long-term variables such as tumor recurrence.
Acknowedgement: The authors would like to thank Dr. Ashley Symons (symonsediting@gmail.com) for professional scientific editing of this article.
Funding source : This study did not received specific funding.