Current Thoracic Surgery
2022 , Vol 7 , Issue 1
Surgeon powered robotic lobectomy: first case performed in Turkey
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2022.008
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In this case report, the case of non-small cell lung cancer resection performed with surgeon-powered
robotic surgery (sPRS) was evaluated in light of the literature. A 62-year-old male patient applied to
our clinic with the complaint of non-specific chest pain. On the tomography of the patient, a mass of
approximately 1 cm in the lower lobe of the right lung was detected, and there was no distant metastasis.
A transthoracic needle biopsy was performed on the patient. Right lower lobectomy operation was
performed using wristed instruments (Artisential® Wristed Instruments) in this non-small cell lung
cancer patient. sPRS provides more mobility than VATS and we think that it is a more cost effective
surgical instrument than robotic surgery. We think that surgeons should embrace new technologies in
order to provide more benefits to patients.
Keywords :
Non-small cell lung cancer, robotic surgery, surgeon powered robotic surgery, lobectomy, VATS