title: Robotic resection of an ectopic goiter in the mediastinum.
abstract: We report the first robotic resection of an ectopic mediastinal thyroid adenoma in a 72-year-old woman. This intervention was part of staged management for excessive bilateral cervical goiter with intrathoracic dispersion. The robotic resection was found to be feasible and safe. The robotic operating system offers better visual control and operative accuracy than does conventional thoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria. johannes.bodner@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Andreas C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lottersberger
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wetscher
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed