Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42719650›Full record

ArticleAnnals of thoracic surgery short reports2026

Technical Considerations for Robotic Pediatric Lobectomy.

Vikram Krishna, Claire Perez, Drew Bolster, Kellie Knabe, Raffaele Rocco, Philicia Moonsamy, Eugene S Kim, Harmik J Soukiasian, Andrew R Brownlee

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Vikram KrishnaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Claire PerezDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Drew BolsterDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Kellie KnabeDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Raffaele RoccoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Philicia MoonsamyDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Eugene S KimDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Harmik J SoukiasianDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Andrew R BrownleeDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robotic thoracic surgery in pediatric patients is technically challenging due to narrow anterior-posterior and lateral chest dimensions, which increases instrument collisions. Consequently, lung tumors in children are traditionally resected through a thoracotomy. We present a reproducible approach to robotic pediatric lobectomy in a 12-year-old girl with a biopsy specimen-proven left lower lobe mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Our technique uses 4 robotic ports, with 3 posterior ports in the ninth intercostal space and an anterior stapling port positioned 1 to 2 interspaces higher, achieving 6 to 8 cm of spacing. Preoperative marking and careful patient selection enable a feasible robotic lobectomy within the constrained pediatric thorax.

Identifiers

PMID42719650
PMCPMC13555472

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.