title: Resection of a symptomatic pericardial cyst using the computer-enhanced da Vinci Surgical System.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bacchetta
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Korst
authors.forename: Nasser K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Altorki
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Port
authors.forename: O Wayne
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Isom
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed