The thoracic apex is a narrow and complicated area with nerves and vessels, making it difficult to secure a visual field and perform surgical operations. Robot-assisted surgery enabled good visibility and highly flexible forceps manipulation, we were able to perform minimally invasive and safe thoracic apical tumour resection.
Keywords: mediastinal tumour; neurogenic tumour; robot‐assisted thoracic surgery; schwannoma; thoracic apex.
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