Advantages to patients

Advantages to patients

For the patient undergoing a robotic assisted thymectomy, the biggest advantages accrue from the minimally invasive approach and the precision of the internal surgical work. The difference in recovery between an operation that requires four or five small incisions on the side of the chest versus an operation that requires cutting through the sternal bone is enormous.

In effect smaller incisions, less internal cutting and precise movement of instruments typically means

• Highly Precise
• Much less blood loss
• Much Less pain after Surgery
• Much Lower incidence of post-op pneumonia
• Quicker healing time
• Reduced duration of hospital Stay
• Reduced use of pain medication
• Return to Work within a week or 2 after the surgery.
• Small incisions

For more information on Robotic Thymectomy, feel free to contact us.