Transthoracic Robotic First Rib Resection: Technique Crystallized

Bryan M Burt; Nihanth Palivela; Michael B Goodman

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.12.086

Transthoracic Robotic First Rib Resection: Technique Crystallized

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jul;110(1):e71-e73. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.12.086. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Authors

Bryan M Burt¹, Nihanth Palivela², Michael B Goodman³

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Houston, Texas.
³ Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 32105717
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.12.086

Abstract

The advantages of transthoracic robotic first rib resection are uncontested exposure of the anatomy of the thoracic outlet and freedom from any neurovascular retraction. The technique of robotic first rib resection is distilled here in a patient with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Technical Report
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Decompression, Surgical / methods*
Female
Humans
Ribs / surgery*
Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / surgery*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods*