ArticleAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery2023
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted major pulmonary resections.
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- Uniportal robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy with pulmonary artery reconstruction for a central lung cancer: a step-by-step surgical technique.Journal of visualized surgery · 2026Article
- Refining Surgical Standards: The Role of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy in Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
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- Implementation of a robotic-assisted thoracic surgery program for anatomical lung resections, a single surgeon's experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Uniportal Robotic Lobectomy and Lymphadenectomy for Invasive Lung Cancer: A Novel Approach and Perioperative Outcomes.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) has proven advantages over that of conventional thoracic surgery, primarily by offering a three-dimensional view and excellent maneuverability, and by providing great ergonomic comfort to the surgeon. The instrumentation specifically offers seven degrees of freedom, allowing for safe, yet complex dissections and radical lymphadenectomies. However, the robotic platform was initially designed with four robotic arms in mind, and therefore four to five incisions were needed for most thoracic approaches. The uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UVATS) approach, the philosophical predecessor to the uniportal robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (URATS) approach, evolved very quickly with the help of the latest technologies during the last decade. Since the first cases of UVATS in 2010, we have improved upon the technique, such that we are now able to do increasingly more complex cases. This is due to the acquired experience, specifically designed instruments, better high-definition cameras and more angulated staplers. In our efforts to improve and adapt robotic surgery to the uniportal approach, we utilized the initial available platforms (Davinci Si and X) to test the feasibility of this approach, in terms of safety and possibilities. The latest platform, the Da Vinci Xi, due to the configuration of its arms, did indeed allow for us to reduce the number of incisions to two initially and finally to one. We hence decided to fully adapt the Da Vinci Xi
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