ArticleCancers2023
A Comparison of Total Thoracoscopic and Robotic Surgery for Lung Cancer Lymphadenectomy.
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- Retrospective comparison of three-dimensional computed tomography bronchography and angiography-assisted indocyanine green reverse staining versus modified inflation-deflation in robotic-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Radicality of mediastinal lymphadenectomy in anatomic lung resection for lung cancer: a comparative analysis of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic approaches.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Short-term outcomes of multi-arm uniportal robotic thoracic surgery versus uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Evaluation of lymph nodes in various surgical approaches for clinical N0 lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Comparison of short-term outcomes between multi-arm uniportal and multiport robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery based on propensity score matching.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy in lung cancer: a narrative review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Optimizing surgical precision: a comparative study of three-port vs. four-port robotic-assisted lobectomy for NSCLC.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- A comparison of three-port and four-port Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer: a retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic Lobectomy Learning Curve Has Better Clinical Outcomes than Videothoracoscopic Lobectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Lymphadenectomy in the treatment of sarcomas - indications and technique.Oncology reviews · 2024Review
- Comparison of perioperative outcomes between hybrid uniportal robotic-assisted and uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - A propensity score matching analysis.Annals of thoracic medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRobotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is used increasingly frequently in major lung resection for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but has not yet been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of lymph node dissection (LND) performed via RATS with those from totally thoracoscopic (TT) four-port videothoracoscopy.
methodsClinical and pathological data were collected retrospectively from patients with clinical stage N0 NSCLC who underwent pulmonary resection in the form of lobectomy or segmental resection between June 2010 and November 2022. The assessment criteria were number of mediastinal lymph nodes and number of mediastinal stations dissected via the RATS approach compared with the four-port TT approach.
resultsA total of 246 pulmonary resections with LND for clinical stages I-II NSCLC were performed: 85 via TT and 161 via RATS. The clinical characteristics of the patients were similar in both groups. The number of mediastinal nodes dissected and mediastinal stations dissected was significantly higher in the RATS group (TT: mean ± SD, 10.72 ± 3.7; RATS, 14.74 ± 6.3 [
conclusionsIn patients with early stage NSCLC undergoing major lung resection, the quality of hilomediastinal LND performed using RATS was superior to that performed using TT.
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