Shuai Li, Zhibin Luo, Kang Li, Yan Li, Dehua Yang, Guoqing Cao, Xi Zhang, Ying Zhou, Shuiqing Chi, Shaotao Tang
BACKGROUND: Minimal invasive pulmonary resection in children is challenging, irrespective of whether it is conducted using a robot or a thoracoscope. This study presents the preliminary results of pediatric robotic pulmonary resection (RPR) and comparison outcomes with conventional thoracoscopic pulmonary resection (TPR). METHODS: This is a retrospective study conducted in patients underwent RPR (RPR group; n=30) and TPR (TPR group; n=44). The clinical data, including operative time, post-operative body temperature, surgical complications, surgeon's workload (by NASA-TLX), postoperative hospital stay, and scar score (using the SCAR scale), of both the RPR and TPR groups were collected and compared...
October 2022: Journal of Thoracic Disease