title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis using manual manipulators: the radius surgical system.
abstract: A 32-year-old woman with ocular-typed myasthenia gravis (MG) without thymoma was admitted to the hospital to undergo surgical treatment. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) extended thymectomy was successfully performed with three small ports using manual manipulators, the Radius Surgical System (RSS). The device may facilitate many degrees of freedom to general thoracic surgery.
authors: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. s-yoshida@faculty.chiba-u.jp
authors: Shigetoshi
authors: S
authors: Yoshida
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Yoshino
authors: Yasumitsu
authors: Y
authors: Moriya
authors: Hidehisa
authors: H
authors: Hoshino
authors: Tatsuro
authors: T
authors: Okamoto
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Suzuki
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Shibuya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*