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MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000422
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Robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy

Federico Rea*, Giuseppe Marulli and Luigi Bortolotti

Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy

* Corresponding author: * Tel.: +39-049 821 2237, fax: +39-049 821 2249. E-mail: federico.rea{at}unipd.it

Presentation of a minimally invasive surgical technique for thymectomy in patients affected by myasthenia gravis (MG): robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a surgical technique applied to perform thymectomy and remove the entire mediastinal fat through a left transpleural approach.

Key Words: Thymectomy • myasthenia gravis • robotic surgery

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