TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Robotic Lung Surgery A1 - Geraci, Travis C. A1 - Cerfolio, Robert J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - Robotic thoracic surgery continues to grow in popularity for patients and surgeons. Compared with open surgery, minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgical techniques have been shown to reduce overall morbidity and enhance the recovery of patients undergoing pulmonary resection.1 For patients with lung cancer, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) achieves similar long-term survival and has a number of oncologic advantages compared to thoracotomy, including superior postoperative immune response and greater ability to deliver adjuvant therapy.2 Similar to VATS, robotic thoracic surgery utilizes minimally invasive techniques to perform resections and repairs for a broad range of thoracic pathologies, initially most commonly for mediastinal pathology and now increasingly for pulmonary resection for lung cancer. Surgeons using a robot-assisted platform aim to utilize robotic technology to improve upon the limitations of a VATS approach. Robotic thoracic surgery gives the surgeon greater control of the operation: wide instrument angulation and precision movements, a 3-D and magnified operative view, and the ability to drive your own camera, assist yourself, and use new advanced technologies. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416746 ER -