Abstract
Robotic lobectomies have been proven to be technically and oncologically feasible. To date, however, pneumonectomy is still considered as a too extensive resection to be performed by the da Vinci robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Mountain View, CA). We describe 2 patients with centrally located non-small cell lung cancer requiring pneumonectomy and radical lymph node dissection. The operations, consisting of a left and a right pneumonectomy, were successfully performed by a totally video-assisted robotic approach. Tips and pitfalls in this latest innovation in the minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer are discussed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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Pneumonectomy for lung cancer : A further step in minimally invasive surgery. / Spaggiari, Lorenzo; Galetta, Domenico.
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