Endoscopic robot-assisted extended thymectomy by subxiphoid approach with sternal lifting: Feasibility in the pig

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 986-989

  Bakker, P F A ^a   Budde, R P J ^a   Grundeman P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Robotics; Subxiphoid approach; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ROBOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SWINE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 2642528467     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9161-2     Document Type: Article

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