Total resection of a giant retroperitoneal and mediastinal ganglioneuroma—case report and systematic review of the literature

Table 2 Systematic literature review for large resected GN (> 10 cm max. diameter)

Year^a	Age	Sex	Localization	DM	Procedure (^c)	Complications	Relapse (FU)
2018 [6]	42	♀	Thoracic	23	Open TR	None	n.a.
2006 [25]^b	35	♂	Retroperitoneal	22	Open TR	None	No (48)
2017 [3]	21	♂	Retroperitoneal	21.5	Open TR	None	No (12)
2013 [26]	18	♂	Retropharyngeal	19	Open TR	None	No (7)
2011 [27]	53	♂	Retroperitoneal	19	Open TR	None	No (24)
2019 [1]	4	♂	Retroperitoneal	17.3	Open PR	None	n.a.
2017 [28]	5	♂	Mediastinal	16	Open TR	None	n.a.
2016 [29]	42	♀	Retroperitoneal	14.5	Open TR	None	No (12)
2007 [30]	23	♀	Retroperitoneal	13	Lap. TR	None	No (12)
2013 [31]	12	♀	Presacral	12	Open TR	None	No (12)
2017 [32]	12	♀	Thoracic	12	Open PR (2)	None	No (12)
2014 [33]	66	♀	Thoracic	12	n.a.	Pain, hypertension	No (36)
2016 [5]	12	♀	Retroperitoneal	13	Open PR (8)	None	n.a.

FU Follow-up in months, TR Total resection, PR Partial resection, DM Maximum diameter (in cm)
^aCitations in brackets
^bArticle in Japanese
^cCompletion in weeks

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