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Robotic assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) for excision of posterior mediastinal mass

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Robotic assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) has become the first choice for excision of posterior mediastinal masses by the adult thoracic surgeons; however, its use in the pediatric age group is yet to get popular as suggested by the literature which shows very few case reports and case series. We present a 9-year-old female child who presented with posterior mediastinal mass and was successfully managed with RATS.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, 110005, India

    Ashish Prasad, Prashant Jain & Raghav Narang

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Prasad, A., Jain, P. & Narang, R. Robotic assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) for excision of posterior mediastinal mass. J Ped Endosc Surg 5, 175–177 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42804-023-00197-6

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