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Subcostal Specimen Removal in Completely Portal Robotic Lobectomy

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Uniportal Robotic Lung Resection Techniques.

Philicia Moonsamy¹, Bernard Park²

¹Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Austen 7, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

|July 6, 2023

Summary

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (U-VATS) and telerobotic surgery are advancing minimally invasive lung resection. Combining these techniques may offer future benefits, with ongoing research into new platforms and single-arm devices.

Keywords:

Lung resection Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)RATS Robotic U-RATS (Uniportal RATS)U-VATS (Uniportal VATS)VATS

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Area of Science:

Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Surgical Technology

Background:

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgical (U-VATS) and telerobotic techniques are established minimally invasive lung resection strategies.
These approaches evolved from technological advancements and clinical experience in thoracic surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the next logical step in minimally invasive thoracic surgery by combining U-VATS and telerobotic techniques.
To investigate novel approaches integrating U-VATS incisions with telerobotic platforms.

Main Methods:

Development of two parallel efforts: one combining U-VATS with a multi-arm telerobotic platform, and another using a new single-arm device.
Focus on feasibility and refinement of surgical techniques for these combined approaches.

Main Results:

Ongoing development and exploration of novel surgical platforms integrating U-VATS and telerobotic elements.
Initial efforts focus on establishing feasibility and refining techniques for new surgical approaches.

Conclusions:

Combining U-VATS and telerobotic techniques represents a potential evolution in minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
Further research and technique refinement are necessary to determine the efficacy of these combined approaches before drawing conclusions.