Annals of Robotic Surgery
Totally Robotic Esophagectomy: The Largest Series Abstract Introduction: The high morbidity and mortality after the conventional esophagectomy lead to the need for innovation in the field of minimal access esophagectomy, initially thoracoscopy and now is...
Continue reading...Robotic surgery saves the life of a priest who swallowed a construction pin
A wedding feast led to several complications for Fr John Thomas who accidentally swallowed a construction pin during the meal. The pin, which had entered the upper part of his right lung, was removed with complex surgical procedures and robotic surgery....
Continue reading...Robotic cancer surgery for excision of chest tumor
Cliche scenario - 40-year-old NRI comes home for a 30 day annual leave from Dubai, takes a full medical check up just for the sake of it and finds a 10cm tumor sitting inside his chest! Now an NRI working in the middle east has a unique set of issues to...
Continue reading...Robotic thoracic surgery to remove the metallic particle
This is the story of a 23-year-old guy who was hammering in a nail when he felt a sudden pain on the right side of his chest. Noticing a blood stain on his T shirt, he removed it to find a small wound on the right side of his chest. In the hospital, a...
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