ArticleCancers2022
Long-Term Survival Following Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery: Comparing Robotic-Assisted and Video-Assisted Surgery.
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- Robotic-assisted vs video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on surgical quality, perioperative, and oncologic outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Current state of evidence for RATS lobectomy for NSCLC.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Review
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma: initial experience from a newly established Israeli center.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Long-Term Oncological Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Updated Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Beyond the platform: why surgical quality and surgeon proficiency outweigh the RATS vs. VATS debate in early-stage lung cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Refining Surgical Standards: The Role of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy in Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
- Quality of Lymph Node Dissection in Lung Cancer Surgery: A Comparative Analysis of Robotic-Assisted Versus Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Using Novel Pathological Criteria.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2025Article
- Early recovery and pain management for patients undergoing robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer in enhanced recovery after surgery protocol: a pilot study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Video-Assisted vs. Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Lung Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques and Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Comparative short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted vs video-assisted thoracic surgery in lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective study from EPITHOR with a quality audit.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- NSCLC: Current Evidence on Its Pathogenesis, Integrated Treatment, and Future Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Uniportal video-assisted lung resection versus robotic-assisted lung resection, is there a difference?Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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- A deep learning-based radiomics model for predicting lymph node status from lung adenocarcinoma.BMC medical imaging · 2024Article
- Robotic Versus Thoracoscopic Sub-lobar Resection for Octogenarians with Clinical Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Real-World Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Tackling complex thoracic surgical operations with robotic solutions: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Review
- Comparison of lobectomy performed through ToumaiTranslational lung cancer research · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes of robotic versus video-assisted pulmonary lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of reconstructed patient data.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
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- 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
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Abstract
backgroundNowadays, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) are known to be safe and efficient surgical procedures to treat early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We assessed whether RATS increased disease-free survival (DFS) compared with VATS for lobectomy and segmentectomy.
methodsThis retrospective cohort study included patients treated for resectable NSCLC performed by RATS or VATS, in our tertiary care center from 2012 to 2019. Patients' data were prospectively recorded and reviewed in the French EPITHOR database. Primary outcomes were 5-year DFS for lobectomy and 3-year DFS for segmentectomy, compared by propensity-score adjusted difference of Kaplan-Meier estimates.
resultsAmong 844 lung resections, 436 VATS and 234 RATS lobectomies and 46 VATS and 128 RATS segmentectomies were performed. For lobectomy, the adjusted 5-year DFS was 60.9% (95% confidence interval (CI) 52.9-68.8%) for VATS and 52.7% (95%CI 41.7-63.7%) for RATS, with a difference estimated at -8.3% (-22.2-+4.9%,
conclusionsRATS failed to show its superiority over VATS for resectable NSCLC.
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