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Resection of a symptomatic pericardial cyst using the computer-enhanced da Vinci Surgical System
Matthew D Bacchetta1, Robert J Korst, Nasser K Altorki
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 26, 2003
Abstract:
Traditionally, symptomatic pericardial cysts have been treated with thoracotomy and resection. More recently, video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures for pericardial cysts have been reported. We present the case of a 43-year-old man who was suffering from a symptomatic pericardial cyst. He underwent successful resection using a computer-enhanced robotic surgical system. This case is an example of the continued extension of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery.