Thoracoscopic thymectomy with the 'da Vinci' surgical system in patient with myasthenia gravis

Federico Rea; Luigi Bortolotti; Rodolfo Girardi; Francesco Sartori

doi:10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00104-4

Thoracoscopic thymectomy with the 'da Vinci' surgical system in patient with myasthenia gravis

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2003 Mar;2(1):70-2. doi: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00104-4.

Authors

Federico Rea¹, Luigi Bortolotti, Rodolfo Girardi, Francesco Sartori

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 17669992
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00104-4

Abstract

We report a thoracoscopic thymectomy performed completely with a robotic surgical system: 'da Vinci surgical system', in a 23-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis.