title: Robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy.
abstract: Presentation of a minimally invasive surgical technique for thymectomy in patients affected by myasthenia gravis (MG): robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a surgical technique applied to perform thymectomy and remove the entire mediastinal fat through a left transpleural approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rea
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marulli
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bortolotti