TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Robotic Mediastinal Surgery A1 - Park, Bernard J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - One of the originally intended indications for telerobotic surgery was coronary artery bypass grafting because of its perceived advantages in a confined space such as the anterior mediastinum.1 However, despite multiple published feasibility studies and a series of successful mitral valve repairs,2 robotic approaches failed to gain widespread adoption for cardiac surgery. Between 2000 and 2006 the majority of published experience with telerobotic surgery was in the arena of pelvic surgery (urologic and gynecologic). Despite the lack of traction of robotics in cardiothoracic surgery during this early period, there were isolated reports of utilization for mediastinal surgery.3–5 The first series of robotic-assisted procedures for mediastinal masses was reported by Bodner et al. from Innsbruck and included nine thymectomies, three posterior mediastinal masses, and two non-thymomatous anterior mediastinal lesions.6 While robotic pulmonary resection was slower to evolve, experience with robotic mediastinal procedures, particularly thymectomy, continued to grow. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416870 ER -