Robotic versus thoracoscopic lung resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 96; no. 35; p. e7633
• Main Authors: Emmert, Alexander, Straube, Carmen, Buentzel, Judith, Roever, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.09.2017; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Humans; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Pneumonectomy - methods; Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods; Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods; Treatment Outcome

Robotic video-assisted surgery (RVATS) has been reported to be equally effective to video-assisted surgery (VATS) in lung resection (pneumonectomy, lobectomy, and segmentectomy). Operation time, mortality, drainage duration, and length of hospitalization of patients undergoing either RVATS or VATS a...