Comparison between robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for mediastinal and hilar lymph node dissection in lung cancer surgery.

Journal: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Published Date: Aug 18, 2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Lymph node dissection (LND) with robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) in lung cancer surgery has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to compare LND surgical results between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and RATS.

Authors

  • Tomohiro Haruki
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, 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.
  • Yasuaki Kubouchi
    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.
  • Atsuyuki Nakanishi
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
  • Yuji Nozaka
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
  • Yuki Oshima
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, 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.
  • Hiroshige Nakamura

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