RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 1170416746
T1 Robotic Lung Surgery
T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026931
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416746
RD 2024/10/03
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.