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

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-72

  Rea, Federico ^a   Bortolotti, Luigi ^a   Girardi, Rodolfo ^a   Sartori, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis (MG); Robotic surgery; Technique; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPLOPIA; DRAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344583752     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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