Giuseppe Marulli, Marco Schiavon, Egle Perissinotto, Antonella Bugana, Francesco Di Chiara, Alessandro Rebusso, Federico Rea
OBJECTIVE: Thymectomy is a well-defined therapeutic option for patients with myasthenia gravis; however, controversies still exist about the surgical approach, indication, and timing for surgery. We reviewed our experience reporting surgical and neurologic results after robotic thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis. METHODS: Between 2002 and 2010, 100 patients (74 female and 26 male; median age, 37 years) underwent left-sided robotic thymectomy using the da Vinci robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Sunnyvale, Calif)...
March 2013: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery