Robotic Assisted Lobectomy For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comprehensive Institutional Experience.

CONCLUSIONS: RAL was associated with improved nodal harvest and less blood loss as compared with VAL or OL. Length of stay was shorter with RAL as opposed to OL. Unexpectedly, cost was not higher with RAL. The profile of those who received RAL more closely approximated OL, suggesting RAL may allow typical thoracotomy patients to receive minimally invasive surgery following adequate training and experience. PMID: 31004583 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 16, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Nelson DB, Mehran RJ, Mitchell KG, Rajaram R, Correa AM, Bassett RL, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research