New nomenclature for robotic-assisted thoracic surgery also gets rid of RATS

Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)

Thymectomy via open surgery or robotic video assisted thoracic surgery

BACKGROUND Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RVATS) is a relatively new technique applied for thymectomies. Only few studies directly compare RVATS to the mainstay therapy, open surgery (sternotomy). METHODS A systematic search of the literature was performed in October 2016. The meta-analysis includes studies comparing robotassisted and open thymectomy regarding operation time, leng...

Robotic surgery: change in new surgery techniques

Medical science experts have reached scientific and technological improvements in recent ‎decades and have turned surgery into a routine treatment by controlling its complications. ‎Cumulative changes in surgery resulted in decreased pain and discomfort and controlled ‎complications. The developmental path and changes have resulted in endoscopic with minimal ‎invasive surgery (M...

Anesthesia for Robotic Thoracic Surgery

The management of the robotic thoracic surgical patient • requires the knowledge of minimally invasive surgery techniques involving the chest. Familiarity with the da Vinci • ® robot surgical system by the anesthesiologist is mandatory. Management of one-lung ventilation techniques with a left• sided double-lumen endotracheal tube or an independent bronchial blocker is required, along with flex...

Robotic-Assisted Renal Surgery.

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive surgical techniques have revolutionized the surgical management of kidney cancer. Current evidence suggests that the surgical developments gained by traditional laparoscopy have been advanced by the robotic platform, particularly as it has been applied to techniques for nephron preservation. METHODS The medical literature from peer-reviewed journals was reviewed ...