Robotic lung resection: a narrative review of the current role on primary lung cancer treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has increasingly been applied to primary lung cancer treatment. Given the many facilities provided by the robotic platform in the manipulation of tissues and precision of movements, there is continuous enquiring about its contribution to the improvement of surgical outcomes. Also, the possibility to perform complex resections in a minimally invasive way using a robotic approach starts to become possible as the centers' learning curve expands. We propose to perform a review of the current status of robotic surgery for lung cancer focusing on key frontier points: sublobar resections, quality of lymphadenectomy, complex resections, postoperative outcomes, and innovative technologies to arrive.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Rocha Junior E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9840053 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature