Robotic chest wall resection for primary benign chest wall tumors and locally advanced lung cancer: an institutional case series and national report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data exists for robotic chest wall resection; we report institutional and national experience of robotic chest wall resection.

Methods

In this comparative retrospective case series we describe patients who underwent robotic chest wall resection at our institution and enrich this case series with data from the National Cancer Database (NCDB). We describe our preoperative workup, operative technique, and postoperative care. Outcomes included conversion to open, length of stay, readmissions, and 30- and 90-day mortality. The results are descriptively reported and compared.

Results

We describe 6 patients institutionally and 96 NCDB patients. At our institution 66.7% were males, median age was 70.0 (range, 39-91) years, and 50% were primary chest wall tu

SUBMITTER: Verm RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature