Effect of da Vinci robot-assisted versus traditional thoracoscopic bronchial sleeve lobectomy

Objective: To analyze the short-term effect of Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracoscopic (RATS) bronchial sleeve lobectomy, so as to summarize its safety and effectiveness.Methods: It was a retrospective single-center study with the inclusion of 22 cases receiving RATS lobectomy and 49 cases of traditional thoracoscopic surgery. Further comparison was performed focusing on the baseline characteristics and perioperative performance of the two groups.Results: Compared with the traditional thoracoscopic surgery group, RATS group had more advantages in the number of lymph nodes dissected (P = 0.003), shorter postoperative length of stay in the hospital (P = 0.040), shorter drainage time (P = 0.022), reduced drainage volume (P = 0.001). Moreover, this study found for the first time that there was a shortening in the operation of sleeve lobectomy by using Da Vinci robot-assisted surgical system (P = 0.001). The operation cost of RATS group is more expensive (96000 +/- 9100.782 vs 63000 +/- 5102.563 yuan; P<0.001).Conclusion: Compared with the traditional thoracoscopic bronchial sleeve lobectomy, RATS lobectomy shows advantages of higher operating sensitivity, shorter operation time, faster postoperative recovery, and more lymph nodes dissected. Collectively, RATS bronchial sleeve lobectomy is safe and effective in operation.(c) 2022 Asian Surgical Association and Taiwan Robotic Surgery Association. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).