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The robotic surgery learning curve of a surgeon experienced in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery compared with his own video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery learning curve for anatomical lung resections.

María Teresa Gómez-HernándezMarta G FuentesNuria Maria NovoaIsrael RodríguezGonzalo VarelaMarcelo F Jimenez
Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
When we compared robotic and VATS learning curves for anatomical lung resection, we did not find any differences. Postoperative outcomes were also similar with both approaches.
Keyphrases
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  • robot assisted
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