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Compare the prognosis of Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for non-small cell lung cancer: A Meta-analysis.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for resectable lung cancer: efficacy, safety and surgical approaches - an umbrella review of meta-analyses.BMC surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of robot-assisted thoracic surgery versus video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic vs thoracoscopic vs open lobectomy and segmentectomy for lung cancer: a multicenter cohort study in the ATS of Milan.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Review of Outcomes Between Robotic and Thoracoscopic Thoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted versus video-assisted lobectomy for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer: the RVlob randomized controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Incidence of air leaks in patients undergoing robotic thoracic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Recent Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Outcomes and costs with the introduction of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery in public hospitals.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- RETRACTED: Effects of thoracoscopic lobectomy on surgical wound infection in patients with lung cancer: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Comparison of effectiveness and safety of Da Vinci robot's "3 + 1" and "4 + 1" modes of treatment for colorectal cancer.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Modern therapies of nonsmall cell lung cancer.Journal of applied genetics · 2023Review
- Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in non-small cell lung cancer patients aged 35 years or younger: a real-world study with propensity score-matched analysis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Uniportal pure robotic-assisted thoracic surgery-technical aspects, tips and tricks.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Review
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- Impact of robotic access on outcomes after lung cancer surgery in France: Analysis from the Epithor database.JTCVS open · 2023Article
- Impact of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Short-Term Analysis.Yonago acta medica · 2023Article
- Real-world evidence of safety and influence for lung cancer surgery under COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Self-assisting robot-assisted pulmonary lobectomy has favorable outcome compared to VATS lobectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- Early Postoperative Pain Trajectories after Posterolateral and Axillary Approaches to Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Monocentric Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
To determine if there are advantages to transitioning to Da Vinci robotics by a surgeon compared to the video-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy.A systematic electronic search of online electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library updated on December 2017. Publications on comparison Da Vinci-robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for non-small cell lung cancer were collected. Meta-analysis RevMan 5.3 software (The Cochrane collaboration, Oxford, UK) was used to analyze the combined pooled HRs using fixed or random-effects models according to the heterogeneity.Fourteen retrospective cohort studies were included. No statistical difference was found between the 2 groups with respect to conversion to open, dissected lymph nodes number, hospitalization time after surgery, duration of surgery, drainage volume after surgery, prolonged air leak, and morbidity (P > .05).Da Vinci-RATS lobectomy is a feasible and safe technique and can achieve an equivalent surgical efficacy when compared with VATS. There does not seem to be a significant advantage for an established VATS lobectomy surgeon to transition to robotics based on clinical outcomes.
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