Extended videoscopic robotic thymectomy with the da Vinci telemanipulator for the treatment of myasthenia gravis: The Vienna experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 784-787

  Fleck, Tatjana ^a   Fleck, Michael ^a   Müller, Michael ^a   Hager, Helmut ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a   Wolner, Ernst ^a   Wisser, Wilfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Minimal invasive surgery; Myasthenia gravis; Outcomes; Robotics; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350438037     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.202531     Document Type: Article

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