Hybrid robotic lobectomy with thoracic wall resection for superior sulcus tumor

A major challenge in treating superior sulcus tumors is achieving complete surgical resection because of technical difficulties associated with the anatomical structures and approaches to the thorax. Our technique combines posterior minimally invasive thoracotomy with robot-assisted right upper lobectomy, thereby reducing the invasiveness of the surgical approach and postoperative complications, including wound pain. In the presented case, the tumor was located on the apical right upper lobe, directly invading the apical thoracic wall structures. Hybrid robotic and minimally invasive thoracotomy with thoracic wall resection was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient discharged from our hospital with minimal wound pain.