Total robotic-enhanced pericardiectomy for effusive pericarditis.
With the DaVinci Robot only recently in clinical use, limitations of video-assisted thoracoscopy could disappear due to Endo-Wrist features, tremor cancellation and three-dimensional view. This report describes the total endoscopic pericardiectomy successfully achieved with robotic assistance in a 50-year-old man suffering from effusive pericarditis.
Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland. oliver.reuthebuch@chi.usz.ch
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