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Figure 1. Young patient positioned for bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy; right-sided approach. The
entire chest is lifted from the table by a soft gel shoulder roll with both arms extended overhead to allow full exposure of the bilateral
hemithoraces (A); port placement for bilateral VATS thymectomy (B). ICS: intercostal space
Figure 2. Right-sided view: the dissection starts inferiorly by mobilizing the thymus from the pericardium
