title: Totally endoscopic robotic resection of left atrial myxoma with persistent left superior vena cava.
abstract: A 68-year old man with a cardiac tumour was admitted for robotic tumour resection using the da Vinci S Surgical System. While undergoing preoperative examination, he was found to have a persistent left superior vena cava. After general anaesthesia and single-lung ventilation, cardiopulmonary bypass was established, with venous drainage through bilateral internal jugular and right femoral veins and arterial return through the right femoral artery. Robotic tumour resection was performed by four ports in the right chest. There were no difficulties during the operation, and successful tumour resection was achieved with satisfactory margins. He was discharged without complications. Persistent left superior vena cava is very rare, but if diagnosed preoperatively and an appropriate operative plan is made, robotic cardiac surgery can be performed safely. With robotic surgery, cardiac tumour resection can be feasibly performed, with cosmetic benefits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, NewHeart Watanabe Institute, Tokyo, Japan tatsuya.tarui@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tarui
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, NewHeart Watanabe Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, NewHeart Watanabe Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtake
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, NewHeart Watanabe Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004724:Endoscopy; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D061810:One-Lung Ventilation; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*
keywords: Cardiac myxoma; Persistent left superior vena cava; Robotic surgery