Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

The current recommendations for treating myasthenia gravis include surgical thymectomy for patients between puberty and 60 years of age. This is a report of a new method for surgical thymectomy using the robotic da Vinci surgical system for a totally endoscopic approach. This new procedure combines...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2003-02, Vol.75 (2), p.569-571
Hauptverfasser: Ashton, Robert C, McGinnis, Karen M, Connery, Cliff P, Swistel, Daniel G, Ewing, Douglas R, DeRose, Joseph J
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Myasthenia Gravis - surgery
Robotics - instrumentation
Robotics - methods
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Thoracoscopy - methods
Thymectomy - methods
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Zusammenfassung:The current recommendations for treating myasthenia gravis include surgical thymectomy for patients between puberty and 60 years of age. This is a report of a new method for surgical thymectomy using the robotic da Vinci surgical system for a totally endoscopic approach. This new procedure combines the potential advantages of minimally invasive methods with the efficacy of open procedures.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04296-0