Article intro - Single port robotic vs. manual surgery outcomes

Subxiphoid Single-Port Robotic Thymectomy Using the Single-Port Robotic System versus VATS: A Multi-Institutional, Retrospective, and Propensity Score-Matched Study by Jun Hee Lee et al. was published in MDPI Cancer.

"A joint research team from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Korea University College of Medicine last week announced comparative results of single-port robotic thymectomy using a single-port robotic system.The team compared and analyzed the perioperative outcomes of 110 cases of robotic thymectomy using the single-port robotic system and conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) thymectomy from November 2018 to May 2024. The results showed that all robotic thymectomy performed were successfully performed without conversion to median stenotomy, and 98% of patients had no major complications.“Through this research, we have an opportunity for our country’s single-port robotic thoracic surgery to be recognized worldwide,” said Prof. Jin-Wook Hwang, a lead author on the paper. “We expect to have greater results from single-port robotic thoracic surgery in the future.”In addition, compared with VATS thymectomy, conversion rate to multi-port surgery was lower (0%), and the chest tube duration (1.32±0.75 days) and hospitalization period (2.52±1.00 days) were shortened.“This research proved that single-port robotic thymectomy can overcome the limitations of the conventional thymectomy and provide a better environment,” added Prof. Jun-Hee Lee, lead author on the paper. “We will continue our best to make sure that Korea University Medicine leads the robotic surgery in thoracic surgery.”"

Source: The Robot Report