Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies

Abstract

Clinical vignetteA 67-year-old female, smoker (30 pack years), presented with a right upper lobe nodule discovered on a computed tomography (CT) scan during symptomatic COVID; personal and family history were not relevant.She was proposed for a uniportal robotic S3 (segment 3) right segmentectomy after clinical examination and standard paraclinical investigations.The patient signed the informed consent for the proposed surgery. Surgical technique PreparationThe patient was placed in left lateral decubitus position and ventilated with a double lumen tube into the left lung.The robot was docked on the patient's back, with active arms No. 2, 3, and 4 (arm No.1 canceled).Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)/thoracotomy instruments were prepared.