Robot-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy of T4 Lung Cancer.

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Category Primary study
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery
Year 2022
A 79-year-old male former smoker presented with a T4 (>7 cm) adenocarcinoma of the right upper lobe. The patient was staged at clinical T4N0M0 and underwent robot-assisted right upper lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. The patient was discharged home on postoperative day 3. Larger tumors are a relative contraindication for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical lobectomy. The robot platform overcomes the technical limitations of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and allows for the successful resection of large tumors.
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First added on: Nov 08, 2024