The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile as a pear-shaped sac which it can release to help digestion after a fatty meal.
Robotic manipulation of thymus to increase exposure
The robotic thymectomy is almost completed as the thymus is free from attachments and the final step of dissecting the contralateral horn is seen in the top right of the photo. The thymus is sometimes flipped into the contralateral pleural cavity to allow for retraction.
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Robotic Surgery
Technology continues to advance exponentially. This rapid advancement in the health care armamentarium has resulted in technology that reduces the invasiveness and hypothetical recovery times of a variety of surgical…