[Standard Approach and Education of Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Anterior Mediastinal Tumors].

There are various approaches to surgery for anterior mediastinal tumors, including median sternotomy, multi-port and single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery, and robot-assisted thoracic surgery. According to the 2017 Annual Report of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, mediastinal tumor resection is about one-tenth of lung resection. Therefore, we consider that it is necessary to standardize the technique at each institution to acquire stable minimally invasive surgical techniques. We reported on our center's techniques and innovations in minimally invasive surgery for anterior mediastinal tumors, and used a learning curve to reveal that sharing knowledge within the team can reduce operative time.