Background: While first applied in thoracic surgery two decades ago, different studies over the past 10 years confirmed the safety and feasibility of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS). While initially performed with a multiportal approach (mRATS), the technological advancement now allows a uniportal technique for anatomic lung resections without the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data of the first 13 patients who underwent uniportal RATS (uRATS) or biportal RATS (bRATS) for anatomic lung resection at the Department of Thoracic Surgery St. Claraspital Basel and Hirslanden Clinic Beau-Site biportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (bRATS); robotic anatomic lung resection; non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Kocher et al. (Sat,) studied this question.