Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions

Demir A., Ayalp K., Ozkan B., Kaba E., Toker A.

INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY, vol.20, no.3, pp.304-309, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/icvts/ivu399
  • Journal Name: INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.304-309
  • Keywords: Lung resection, Robotic surgery, Video-assisted thoracic surgery, Segmentectomy, Lung cancer, THORACOSCOPIC SEGMENTECTOMY, ANATOMIC SEGMENTECTOMY, PULMONARY RESECTION, SUBLOBAR RESECTION, LOBECTOMY, CANCER, SAFE, PAIN
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The experience with robotic techniques (RATS) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in pulmonary segmentectomy is still limited. We evaluated our prospectively recorded database to compare two different minimally invasive techniques.