Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy
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Trans-subxiphoid robotic thymectomy.
Minimally invasive surgery has replaced median sternotomy for resectable anterior mediastinal masses and is performed by various approaches. We developed a new minimally invasive surgical procedure by combining the subxiphoid approach performed through a midline camera port with the use of a robotic surgery system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). A 3-cm transverse incision was made 1 c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visualized Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2221-2965
DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2016.07.02