Comparison of medium-term survival outcomes between robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in treating primary lung cancer.

Journal: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Published Date: Feb 13, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) for primary lung cancer has been spreading rapidly in Japan. While RATS has various technical advantages over video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), the quality of surgery from an oncologic viewpoint must be maintained, and the evaluation of medium- to long-term survival outcomes is momentous.

Authors

  • Tomohiro Haruki
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
  • Yasuaki Kubouchi
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Yuzo Takagi
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Yoshiteru Kidokoro
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Shinji Matsui
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Atsuyuki Nakanishi
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Ken Miwa
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Yuji Taniguchi
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Hiroshige Nakamura

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