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- 2019
A systematic review of robotic versus open and video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approaches for thymectomyKeywords: Thymectomy, robotic, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), da Vinci Abstract: Median sternotomy has been the most commonly used approach for thymectomy to date. Recent advances in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic access with CO2 insufflation techniques have allowed more minimally invasive approaches. However, prior reviews have not compared robotic to both open and VATS thymectomy
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