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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

Minimally invasive combined approach robotic thymectomy and transcervical total thyroidectomy.

Connor Crudeli, Lisa Reid, Jennifer Burg, David Shersher

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Surgical approaches to the management of the intrathoracic goiter - A systematic review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Connor CrudeliCooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey, USA crudeli.connor@gmail.com.
Lisa ReidEndocrine Surgery, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Jennifer BurgCardiothoracic Surgery, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
David ShersherCardiothoracic Surgery, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the most common autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction in the USA. It is not uncommon for these patients to have concomitant autoimmune diseases including autoimmune thyroid disease. We describe here our method of performing a reproducible robotically assisted one-stage thymectomy and thyroidectomy. An African-American woman presented to our institution with a medical history of hypertension, morbid obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, symptomatic MG and symptomatic non-toxic substernal multinodular goitre. A one-stage minimally invasive right-sided robotic radical thymectomy and a transcervical total thyroidectomy with excision of the substernal goitre was successfully performed. The treatment of thyroid and thymus pathologies varies drastically from medical observation to surgery. This combined approach surgery clearly benefits the patient by offering similar operative time, fewer operative and postoperative recovery experiences, decreased anaesthesia risks associated with MG patients through fewer intubations, and a faster return to baseline function.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Myasthenia GravisRobotic Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansThymectomyThyroidectomyTreatment OutcomeCardiothoracic surgerySurgical oncologyThyroid disease

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PMID35459655
PMCPMC9036361

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