• Department of Cardiathoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, P.R.China;
YU Bentong, Email: yubentong@126.com
Export PDF Favorites Scan Get Citation

ObjectiveTo summarize the surgical learning curve and evaluate the effectiveness, safety and feasibility of the robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) by comparing with the conventional vedio-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).MethodsThe clinical data of 40 patients receiving robotic assisted thoracoscopic anatomic lung resection from March to June 2016 in our department were reviewed. There were 29 males and 11 females with the age of 54-78 (60.2±12.7) years in the RATS group, and 27 males and 10 females with the age of 52-76 (58.7±11.5) years in the VATS group. Lung space-occupying lesions were comfirmed by preoperative diagnosis. The operative time, blood loss, chest tube retention time, postoperative hospital stay and perioperative morbidity and mortality were analyzed. The safety and feasibility were evaluated, and the learning curve was summed up.ResultsOperative time, postoperative ventilation time, intraoperative blood loss, chest tube retention time, postoperative pain, average hospital stay, postoperative complication rate between two groups were not statistically significant. In the RATS group preoperative preparation time was longer than that of the VATS group (24.5 min vs. 15.6 min, P=0.003), and the rate of conversion to thoracotomy of the RATS group was lower than that of the VATS group (0 vs. 10.8%). There was no perioperative death in two groups.ConclusionRobotic-assisted thoracic surgery is safe and effective in the early learning process, and the learning curve can be entered into the standard stage from the learning stage after initial 10 operations.

Citation: TANG Jian, YU Bentong, LIU Sheng, XU Qirong, YUAN Bin, LIU Jichun. Early experience and learning curve of anatomatic lung resection by robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(7): 533-537. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201607008 Copy

  • Previous Article

    Modular dissection of mediastinal lymphadenectomy in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for radical resection of lung cancer
  • Next Article

    Clinical analysis of pneumonectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery