Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Castle, Shannon L ^a   Kernstine, Kemp H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

myasthenia gravis; robotic; thymectomy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; REMISSION; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 60749116593     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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