Early adoption of robotic lung resection in an established video assisted thoracic surgery practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reported advantages to robotic thoracic surgery include shorter length of stay (LOS), improved lymphadenectomy, and decreased complications. It is uncertain if these benefits occur when introducing robotics into a well-established video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) practice. We compared the two approaches to investigate these advantages.

Materials and methods

IRB approval was obtained for this project. Patients who underwent segmentectomy or lobectomy from May 2016-December 2018 were propensity-matched 2: 1 (VATS: robotic) and compared using weighted logistic regression with age, gender, Charlson Comorbidity Index, surgery type, stage, Exparel, and epidural as covariates. Complication rates, operation times, number of sampled lymph nodes, pain level, disposition,

SUBMITTER: Deeb AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325388 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature