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Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all 778 pediatric patients who underwent elective thoracoscopic mediastinal mass resection at our center from January 2023 to December 2025. Results: After exclusion of ineligible cases, the incidence of intraoperative anesthetic complications was 28.8% (188\/653). Initial clinical symptoms (p = 0.007) and one-lung ventilation time (p &lt; 0.001) were independently associated with the occurrence of anesthetic complications. Patients who developed intraoperative anesthetic complications had a significantly higher incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, longer postoperative hospital stay, and longer Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay compared with those without complications. 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