Background Video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomies and wedge resections
result in less morbidity and shorter length of stay than resections via thoracotomy. The …

Background To date, reports on outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary resection have
been confined to small, single-institution case series. Furthermore, no comparison has been …

Objectives To determine if there are advantages to transitioning to robotics by a surgeon
who is already proficient in performing video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomy …

Objective To compare cost and perioperative outcomes of robotic, video-assisted
thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and open surgical approaches to pulmonary lobectomy …

Background Robotic-assisted lobectomy (RL) is becoming a popular alternative technique to
video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy (VL), although open lobectomy (OL) remains the …

Background The advantages of a minimally-invasive surgical approach compared to
conventional open thoracotomy for lung resection have been previously described. While …

Background We sought to evaluate trends and clinical and economic outcomes between
robotic-assisted lobectomy (RL), video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy (VL), and open …

Objective The use of robotic lung surgery has increased dramatically despite being a new,
costly technology with undefined benefits over standard of care. There is a paucity of …

Background Reports of surgical outcomes comparing proficient surgeons who perform either
robotic-assisted or video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy are lacking. We evaluate the …

OBJECTIVES A number of meta-analytical and database studies have sought to compare
open, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic operative approaches to …