European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Aug 3, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The adoption of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has helped to overcome some of the challenges associated with surgeons performing conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery. The Versius Surgical System (CMR Surgical, Cambridge, U...
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Aug 18, 2021
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...
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Apr 29, 2021
OBJECTIVES: Minimally invasive thoracic surgery has evolved with the introduction of robotic platforms. This study aimed to compare the long-term and short-term outcomes of the robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracic surger...
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Feb 1, 2021
The proportion of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is continuously increasing. The main areas of clinical application are anatomical lung resections with lymphadenectomy and resection of mediastinal tumors. Especially in the area of the thymus ...
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Aug 1, 2020
The number of interventions using robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is increasing in Germany, following the previous international development. Robot-assisted surgery provides some technical advantages and can overcome existing limitations of vi...
BACKGROUND/AIM: The potential advantages of robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy (RATE) have yet to be verified. This study focused on the degree of lymph node dissection around the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN).
Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer
Nov 20, 2018
BACKGROUND: Da Vinci robotic surgery system is widely used in department of thoracic surgery. The aim of this study is to investigate the treatment outcome of stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) via da Vinci Surgical System.