Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
Surgery for mediastinal and chest wall tumors requires various approaches, including open and thoracoscopic, depending on the size and localization of the tumor. While robotic surgery for anterior mediastinal tumors has become a standardized approach...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
Extended thymectomy is a procedure to remove the thymus gland and surrounding adipose tissue, while the traditional approach via a median sternotomy, minimally invasive approaches such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
The subxiphoid approach in thymectomy provides better visibility around the left brachiocephalic vein than the lateral thoracic approach. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is easier to parform than video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery for surgery...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
In Japan, robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) was introduced in thoracic surgery in 2001, but it did not become widespread. However, surgery for mediastinal tumors and lobectomy for lung cancer with RATS were covered by insurance in 2018 and are c...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery( RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery are minimally invasive surgical approaches to the chest wall that avoid sternotomy. We report on the innovations in RATS mediastinal tumor surgery performed in our d...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2023
In 2019, our facility introduced robot-assisted surgery for mediastinal tumors using da Vinci Si, which was upgrade to da Vinci X and Xi in 2021. Initially, the unilateral thoracic cavity approach was used for robot-assisted surgeries. The unilateral...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Mar 1, 2023
Mullerian cyst in the posterior mediastinum is a rare disorder. We report on the case of a woman in her 40s with a cystic nodule which is located in the right posterior mediastinum next to the vertebra at the level of tracheal bifurcation. The tumor ...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jan 1, 2023
The role of segmentectomy for lung cancer is expected to increase owing to the results of Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) 0802. Moreover, the major advantage of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is that it allows high precision of dissectio...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jan 1, 2023
Robot-assisted lung segmentectomy will be covered by insurance starting 2020. The results of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group( JCOG) 0802 trial have been reported, and the use of robot-assisted lung segmentectomy is expected to increase in the futur...
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Jul 1, 2022
Robot-assisted cardiac surgery offers the most minimally-invasive approach to the surgical treatment of valvular heart disease and coronary artery disease. However, robot-assisted cardiac surgery is still far from being a standardized operation. We b...