Total port-access robot-assisted pulmonary lobectomy without utility thoracotomy

Mathew Ninan; Mark R Dylewski

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.047

Total port-access robot-assisted pulmonary lobectomy without utility thoracotomy

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2010 Aug;38(2):231-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.047. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

Authors

Mathew Ninan¹, Mark R Dylewski

Affiliation

¹ Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 901 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. mninan@utmem.edu

PMID: 20197237
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.047

Abstract

Robot-assisted lobectomy has been reported elsewhere as a feasible technique for lobectomy. We report a modification of the previously reported technique using a complete port-access approach without utility thoracotomy.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / secondary
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Robotics / methods*
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods
Thoracotomy