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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:569-571
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Robert C. Ashton, Jr, MD*a, Karen M. McGinnis, MDa, Cliff P. Connery, MDa, Daniel G. Swistel, MDa, Douglas R. Ewing, MDa, Joseph J. DeRose, Jr, MDa

a St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Accepted for publication August 14, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Ashton, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 Tenth Ave, Suite 2B07, New York, NY 10019, USA
e-mail: rashton{at}chpnet.org

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.




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