Innovations and technologies in thoracic surgery

Calvin S H Ng; Jian Xing He; Gaetano Rocco

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezx192

Innovations and technologies in thoracic surgery

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Aug 1;52(2):203-205. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx192.

Authors

Calvin S H Ng¹, Jian Xing He², Gaetano Rocco³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease and China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione Pascale, IRCCS, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 28838099
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx192

No abstract available

Keywords: 3D thoracoscope; Electromagnetic navigation; Glasses-free 3D; Magnetic anchoring and guidance system; Micro-robot; Robotic surgery; Smart contact lens; Smart glasses; Soft robot; Uniportal; Wireless steerable soft endoscope (WSSE).

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Robotic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods
Robotic Surgical Procedures / trends
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / trends*
Thoracoscopy / instrumentation
Thoracoscopy / methods
Thoracoscopy / trends