Outcomes of robotic segmentectomies

Abstract

Anatomical segmentectomy of the lung is a rarely performed procedure for lung cancer. For decades, lung segmentectomy has been utilized for the surgical management of disease processes such as bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, and for patients with compromised lung function with carcinoma who are deemed prohibitive risk for a lobar resection. Better surgical techniques, increase in quality of video and instruments used in surgery and introduction of robotic technologies, segmentectomy operations have become the standard for the resection of T1 tumors. Also, the institution and availability of screening programs has increased the detection of early stage lung cancers and have thus made the segmentectomy operation a popular approach. Recently, thoracic surgeons are pursuing the segmentectomy approach in most patients with lung tumours smaller than 2 cm. In this study, we aimed to analyze the outcome data in the literature in regards to robotic segmentectomies.