Hyderabad: Robotic Thymectomy Surgery performed at Continental Hospitals

Hyderabad: A successful Robotic Thymectomy Surgery was performed on a 60-year-old patient, at Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad on Friday. Cardio thoracic Surgeon Dr Pradeep Rachakonda performed the robotic procedure on the patient who was rushed to the emergency room with a myasthenic crisis and put on ventilator.

The patient had an enlargement of the left thymus gland with a growth called-Thymoma. This led to her neurological condition of Myasthenia Gravis, an acute muscle weakness.