Background Robotic surgery was introduced as a platform for minimally invasive lung
resection in Canada in October 2011. We present the first Canadian series of robotic …

Background Robotic surgery has been developed as a sophisticated tool to expand
possibilities in minimal invasive surgery. The learning curve for this method is short in …

Despite the published benefits of minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
(VATS) for lobectomy, the majority of lobectomies in the United States continue to be …

Objective Robotic-assisted surgery is not widely accepted for general thoracic surgical
procedures, and the technical advantages, cost effectiveness, and patient benefit are in …

Objective The aim of the study was to characterize the clinical outcomes and learning curve
during the adoption of a robotic platform for lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung …

Objective The learning curve and the advantages of transitioning to robotic-assisted
lobectomy by a surgeon who is proficient in thoracoscopic lobectomy is currently unknown …

Background Minimally invasive surgery has been recently recommended for treatment of
early-stage non–small cell lung cancer. Despite the recent increase of robotic surgery, the …

BACKGROUND: Robotic lung resection is gaining popularity despite limited published
evidence. Comparative studies are needed to provide information about the safety and …

Background The aim of this study was to analyze our initial pulmonary resection experience
with robotic surgery (Da Vinci, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA) and …

BACKGROUND: Robotic lobectomy has been evolving over the past decade and has been
shown to be an oncologically acceptable procedure. We evaluated our experience with …