Synchronous Robot-Assisted Pulmonary and Urologic Resections for Cancer.
Journal:
Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Published Date:
Oct 30, 2020
Abstract
Synchronous cancers should be first evaluated at high-volume referral oncological centers. Multidisciplinary evaluation, as the first step of multimodal treatment strategy, is also a way to select candidates fit for surgical resections. Concurrent minimally invasive approaches are a safe and effective option that may result in long-term control of the disease. Robot-assisted surgery allows obtaining the oncological radicality with lower invasiveness for the patient, thus retaining greater surgical aggressiveness even in high-risk patients. The reports of successful synchronous robot-assisted pulmonary and urologic resections for cancer in frail elderly subjects are described here.