Thoracic Surgery

Artificial Intelligence for Cardiothoracic Imaging: Overview of Current and Emerging Applications.

Artificial intelligence algorithms can learn by assimilating information from large datasets in orde...

Initial perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy using a confronting setting.

PURPOSE: Most robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) is performed from the vertical view. This ...

Hybrid laparoscopic versus fully robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: an international propensity-score matched analysis of perioperative outcome.

BACKGROUND: Currently, little is known regarding the optimal technique for the abdominal phase of RA...

ASO Author Reflections: Safety and Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) with Three-Field Lymphadenectomy and Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Cancer and Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis.

Intrathoracic Robotic-Sewn Anastomosis During Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy for Cancer: Back to Basics?

BACKGROUND: To assess the feasibility, clinical utility, and safety of intrathoracic robotic-sewn es...

Safety and Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) with Three-Field Lymphadenectomy and Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Cancer and Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis.

BACKGROUND: In the West, patients with cervical lymph node metastasis of resectable esophageal cance...

[Technical modifications and outcome of the robot-assisted minimally-invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE)].

How to do robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy for lower third oesophageal cancer.

Transthoracic subtotal esophagectomy with two-field lymph node (mediastinal and abdominal) and monob...

Case of robot-assisted salvage surgery for esophageal cancer with a mediastinal fistula after definitive chemoradiotherapy.

Salvage surgery for esophageal cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) is effective, but it...

Comparing Thoracoscopic and Robotic Lobectomy Using a Nationally Representative Database.

BACKGROUND: Studies of robotic lobectomy (Robot-L) have been performed using data from high-volume, ...

The learning curve for single-port transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy (SP-TART): experience through initial 50 cases of lobectomy.

The new da Vinci® single-port (SP) robotic system, which utilizes a smaller incision and work space ...

Robot-assisted esophagectomy with robot-sewn intrathoracic anastomosis (Ivor Lewis): surgical technique and early results.

Esophagectomy is the selected treatment for nonmetastatic esophageal and esophagogastric junction ca...

Effect of da Vinci robot-assisted versus traditional thoracoscopic bronchial sleeve lobectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the short-term effect of Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracoscopic (RATS) bronchia...

Systematic review of academic robotic surgery curricula.

The use of robotic surgery has increased exponentially in the United States. Despite this uptick in ...

Robotic Esophagectomy Compared With Open Esophagectomy Reduces Sarcopenia within the First Postoperative Year: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Sarcopenia is a known risk factor for adverse outcomes after esophageal cancer (EC) su...

Volume-outcome relationship in intra-abdominal robotic-assisted surgery: a systematic review.

As robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) expands to smaller centres, platforms are shared between specialit...

Trends in segmentectomy for the treatment of stage 1A non-small cell lung cancers: Does the robot have an impact?

OBJECTIVES: Lobectomy may unnecessarily resect healthy lung parenchyma in Stage 1A non-small cell lu...

Feasibility of transthoracic esophagectomy with a next-generation surgical robot.

Robot-assisted minimal access surgery (MAS), compared with conventional MAS, has shown a number of b...

Perioperative Outcomes and Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted McKeown Esophagectomy.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the perioperative outcomes of patients undergoing robot-ass...

Robotic esophagectomy and 3-field lymphadenectomy with intraoperative nerve monitoring.

The standard of care for esophageal malignancies has evolved over the years from open transthoracic ...

Implementation of the robotic abdominal phase during robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE): results from a high-volume center.

BACKGROUND: Evidence on the added value of robotic-assistance in the abdominal phase during esophage...