Background Near-infrared fluorescence mapping with indocyanine green dye is a recent
advancement in minimally invasive segmental resection. This technique has not yet been …

Background Retrospective data demonstrates that robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
provides many benefits, such as decreased postoperative pain, lower mortality, shorter length …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine if robotic-assisted lobectomy (RPL-4) is
cost-effective and offers improved patient-reported health utility for patients with early-stage non…

Background Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) has features that allow a high accuracy for
predicting lymph node (LN) malignancy. However their clinical application remains limited …

Objective Triple normal lymph nodes, appearing benign on computed tomography, positron
emission tomography, and endobronchial ultrasound, have less than a 6% probability of …

Background Lung cancer resection is associated with high rates of prolonged hospital stay.
It is presumed that preconditioning with aerobic exercise can shorten the postoperative …

Objective To determine whether targeted sampling (TS), which omits biopsy of triple- normal
lymph nodes (LNs) on positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and …

Purpose Radiomics, a method used to extract large amount of data, may be useful for
discriminating malignant characteristics for lung cancer staging. We aimed to critically appraise the …

Purpose The objective of this scoping review is to determine how learning curves are assessed
in the thoracic surgical literature for video- and robot-assisted thoracic lung resections. …

Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RTS) is safe and effective, but is associated with
high capital and operating costs that are not reimbursed by the Canadian government. …