Trial reportJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia2022
A Brazilian randomized study: Robotic-Assisted vs. Video-assisted lung lobectomy Outcomes (BRAVO trial).
Trial report in Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02292914 (Prospective Analysis of Robot-Assisted Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prospective Analysis of Robot-Assisted Surgery
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for patients undergoing lung resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Robot-assisted surgery in thoracic and visceral indications: an updated systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled 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
- Prospective study of a structured robotic surgery training program in a public cancer hospital in Brazil.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Trial
- A comparative cost analysis study of pulmonary robotic and video-assisted lobectomy: results of a randomized controlled trial (BRAVO Study).Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2025Trial
- RoboticJournal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive thoracic surgery: beyond the access route - have we truly become minimally invasive?Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Benchmarking Large Language Models Using a Best Evidence Topic Report in a Patient With Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer in Juntendo University -Safety and benefit.Juntendo medical journal · 2026Article
- Beyond the platform: why surgical quality and surgeon proficiency outweigh the RATS vs. VATS debate in early-stage lung cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Feasibility and safety of outside the cage subcostal robotic anatomical lung resections: results of a phase I clinical trial.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy versus open or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Financial sustainability and the incorporation of technologies in the Brazilian Unified Health System: advances, challenges, and perspectives.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Article
- Pain and recovery after robotic vs. uniportal lobectomy for lung cancer: a comparative analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Which Is the Preferred Approach for Early-Stage NSCLC?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- [Robot-assisted thoracic surgery. Our first experiences].Magyar onkologia · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare 90-day morbidity in patients undergoing lung lobectomy performed by either robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Intraoperative complications, drainage time, length of hospital stay, postoperative pain, postoperative quality of life, and readmissions within 90 days were also compared.
methodsThis was a two-arm randomized clinical trial including patients with lung lesions (primary lung cancer or lung metastasis) who were candidates for lung lobectomy. Patients with comorbidities that precluded surgical treatment were excluded. All patients followed the same postoperative protocol.
resultsThe overall sample comprised 76 patients (39 in the VATS group and 37 in the RATS group). The two groups were similar regarding gender, age, BMI, FEV1 in % of predicted, and comorbidities. Postoperative complications within 90 days tended to be more common in the VATS group than in the RATS group, but the difference was not significant (p = 0.12). However, when only major complications were analyzed, this tendency disappeared (p = 0.58). Regarding postoperative outcomes, the VATS group had a significantly higher number of readmissions within 90 days than did the RATS group (p = 0.029). No significant differences were found regarding intraoperative complications, drainage time, length of hospital stay, postoperative pain, and postoperative quality of life.
conclusionsRATS and VATS lobectomy had similar 90-day outcomes. However, RATS lobectomy was associated with a significant reduction in the 90-day hospital readmission rate. Larger studies are necessary to confirm such a finding.(ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02292914 [http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/]).
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